false 3 12 10 true 5672069 read 2 true 105177 currently-reading 0 true 105176 to-read http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2557839 Berlin (Paperback) by David Clay Large
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A smashing good read, if such terminology is ever appropriate to what is, let's face it, not the most life-affirming of subjects. This, the first volume of an envisaged trilogy aiming to be the most authoritative single account of the history of the Third Reich, certainly acheives this aim. While it is true that this work only serves to continue the domination of the Nazi period over German historiography as a whole, if you're going to do it, one might as well do it so well! ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1503716 to: Archangel (Mass Market Paperback) by Robert Harris
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1503691 to: Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire (Paperback) by David Remnick
Sweet mercy! ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1503609 to: The Third Reich in Power, 1933-1939 (Hardcover) by Richard J. Evans
Exhaustive? Yes. Exhausting? At points. Still more than worth the trip. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1503569 to: In Defence of History (Paperback) by Richard J. Evans
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1151820 to: Nach Galizien: Von Chassiden, Huzulen, Polen und Ruthenen : eine imaginäre Reise durch die verschwundene Welt Ostgaliziens und der Bukowina (Paperback) by Martin Pollack
This one's really for Galician geeks. That much said, if you are one (as I am), and enjoy tales of nineteenth century railroads (okay), Ukrainian bandits (Damn straight, sign me up!), and really want to improve your pastoral (not in the religious sense) German vocab (ehh, this is more like eating vegetables... you know you should, you know that, long-term, it's useful, but...), then Pollack is certainly your man! ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1151791 to: W s±uzbie Cesarza i Króla: Genera±owie i admira±owie narodowosci polskiej w si±ach zbrojnych Austro-Wegier w latach 1868-1918 (Unknown Binding) by Jan Rydel
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1147964 Orientalism (Paperback) by Edward W. Said
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An excellent example of a new breed of Central European History. There is a growing movement in the field to abandon the "nation" as the model through which all history is told -- Professor Frank deftly handles a tremendous variety of sources in multiple tongues, tieing together a fascinating story, elegantly told, of conflicting extra-regional identities and the decline of empires. ]]>