Reviews - La più breve storia della Germania che sia mai stata scritta

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La più breve storia della Germania che sia mai stata scritta

Enjoyed this book - style was good, not too technical.

To successfully deliver a history covering such a long time period the author needed to be concise and at the same time deliver an informative and enjoyable experience for the reader. A formidable task. This he does very well.

joaopsfernandes's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark informative reflective tense fast-paced

jacki_f's review against another edition

4.0

In a little over 200 pages we get a history of German from Roman times (when Caesar came up with the term "Germania") through to the recent massive influx of Middle Eastern refugees. It covers a lot of ground, but it's skilfully written so the central themes are clear and it's very easy to follow. A reviewer called FactJunky on Amazon put it very well when he said "You get the forest as well as a few specimens of the best trees". I also liked the way the author incorporated themes from German literature and how he didn't hang back from injecting his own opinions (and sorrow) about some events.

I got two key things out of this book. One was a sense of how German history pieces together. While I vaguely knew about the German Electors and Bismarck and Prussia and the importance of the Ruhr, I'm not sure I could have explained any of them to another person. But I also really liked the framework it gave me as a way of thinking not just about German history but about Germany today. Just because a book is short, it doesn't necessarily follow that it will be easy to read and it certainly doesn't follow that it will give you sufficient depth to satisfy. This one does.

uditnair24's review against another edition

3.0

It's impossible to provide any sort of history of a nation in 220 odd pages. This warrants some generalizations which might not be factually true or historically appropriate. Either ways it's a nice attempt to briefly go through different set of events which dominated this region. It would have been better if it was just historical overlook and not generalizations /opinions of the author.

bosquedemel's review against another edition

Pequeno e fácil de ler, mas não é de todo um livro académico. É mais uma tese do autor do que uma história imparcial e bem investigada da Alemanha. A ausência de bibliografia chama logo a atenção. Apanhei também algumas informações factualmente incorretas.

reads_ellen's review against another edition

3.0

Really interesting and authoritative account of the history of Germany. Can be a tad monotonous to read if you’re not really invested in the land which now constitutes Germany.