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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822492603321

Autore

Hillson Norman

Titolo

I speak of Germany : a plea for Anglo-German friendship / / Norman Hillson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2010

ISBN

1-136-96071-6

1-136-96072-4

1-283-04471-4

9786613044716

0-203-85020-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (157 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions.Responding to fascism ; ; v. 5

Disciplina

327.4104309044

943.086

Soggetti

International relations - History - 20th century

Germany Economic conditions 1918-1945

Germany Foreign relations Great Britain

Germany Politics and government 1933-1945

Great Britain Foreign relations Germany

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1937.

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE01; COPYRIGHT; TITLE02; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; CHAPTER I: FACE OF BERLIN; CHAPTER II: SEVEN HOUSES IN COLOGNE; CHAPTER III: "JUDEN NICHT ERWÜNSCHT"; CHAPTER IV: IRON VIRGIN; CHAPTER V: LAUGHTER IN BAROQUE; CHAPTER VI: YOUTH AT WORK; CHAPTER VII: FRONTIER IN A GARDEN; CHAPTER VIII: TOTAL STATE; CHAPTER IX: WORLD ARTERY; CHAPTER X: A QUESTION OF "DEVISEN"; CHAPTER XI: PRELUDE TO TRAGEDY; CHAPTER XII: FOOTNOTE TO HISTORY; CHAPTER XIII: STONING AT VERSAILLES; CHAPTER XIV: COAL AND BAYONETS; CHAPTER XV": DESCENSUS FACILIS"; CHAPTER XVI: BY WAY OF HOPE; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Not all of the responses to fascism in the English speaking world were hostile. With the aim of providing a representative sample, Routledge



here re-issues Norman Hillson's I Speak of Germany. First published in 1937, this is an account of the author's travels in Germany, and is largely sympathetic to the changes wrought by the regime. Like others adopting a similar position, the author believes that the terms of the Versailles treatment put Germany in an impossible position, and that the Nazis had inspired a recovery. Racial politics, whilst not ignored, are not seen as being at t