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London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green and Co., 1915.
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LibraryThing member RobertDay
A fascinating book from the point of view of hindsight. Dawson wrote much on German history, politics and what was then current affairs in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. So in this book we have an historical perspective on what was then a topical issue - why this country was, at the time
Dawson places the blame squarely on the nature and policies of the Prussian state, with its unbending pursuit of primacy above all other considerations. He compares and contrasts the Prussian interpretation of events and Weltpolitik with the Southern German/Austrian viewpoint, which was rather more relaxed; and he emphasises the North/South religious divide as a source of these differing viewpoints.
This book started out for me as an historical curiosity; by the time I had finished it, I was reevaluating my view of the course of European history at the beginning of the 20th century. Whilst I may not accept Dawson's view wholeheartedly, it was a useful exercise in standing back and looking at things from a different viewpoint.
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of writing, at war with Germany.Dawson places the blame squarely on the nature and policies of the Prussian state, with its unbending pursuit of primacy above all other considerations. He compares and contrasts the Prussian interpretation of events and Weltpolitik with the Southern German/Austrian viewpoint, which was rather more relaxed; and he emphasises the North/South religious divide as a source of these differing viewpoints.
This book started out for me as an historical curiosity; by the time I had finished it, I was reevaluating my view of the course of European history at the beginning of the 20th century. Whilst I may not accept Dawson's view wholeheartedly, it was a useful exercise in standing back and looking at things from a different viewpoint.
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xii, 227 p.; 20 cm