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Książka ta jest pierwszą we współczesnej historiografii tak wnikliwą i wyczerpującą monografią dziejów Prus - od powstania tego państwa aż do jego ostatecznego upadku. Prusy, które z ubogiego i słabo rozwiniętego państewka, hołdownika Polski, przeistoczyły się w jeden z najpotężniejszych krajów Europy, zawdzięczały swoją siłę przede wszystkim zdolnym, energicznym, lecz i autokratycznym władcom oraz uporczywemu dążeniu do doskonałości, przede wszystkim na polu bitwy. Według autora były one wprawdzie znakomicie zarządzanym i oświeconym krajem, przypominały jednak wielkie i ponure koszary. To z inicjatywy Prus nastąpiło w 1871 r. zjednoczenie Niemiec; to one pokonały Francję w XIX w., to one wreszcie odegrały kluczową rolę w dwóch ostatnich wojnach światowych. Jednakże stara pruska arystokratyczna elita, która pełniła funkcję rzeczywistej siły napędowej zjednoczenia Niemiec, straciła ostatecznie kontrolę nad hitleryzmem - potworem, którego sama stworzyła - czego następstwem była likwidacja Prus jako państwa przez Aliancką Komisję Kontroli w roku 1947.

Al final de la Primera Guerra Mundial, el emperador de Alemania fue denostado como un perturbado y un tirano sediento de sangre que había conducido a Europa al desastre. Sin embargo, durante treinta años de reinado fue ensalzado, y para millones de personas había encarnado la idea de una nación moderna, dinámica y poderosa.El pormenorizado análisis de Clark descodifica a un líder y un hombre de su tiempo, ni héroe ni villano, ambicioso en el ejercicio del poder, pero dubitativo y ambivalente, sin un programa político coherente, temeroso de la guerra y constreñido por otras fuerzas políticas, cuando no opacado por caudillos como Otto von Bismarck o Paul von Hindenburg --

Bestsellerautor Christopher Clarks fulminante Geschichte Preußens – ein brillant erzähltes Meisterwerk Preußen stand stets in einem Spannungsfeld: seit seinem Aufstieg vom kleinen, an Bodenschätzen armen Territorium um Berlin bis zu seiner Blüte als der dominierenden Macht in Europa. Es verkörpert nicht nur Aufklärung und Toleranz, etwa in der Gestalt Friedrichs des Großen, sondern steht auch - vor allem durch Wilhelm II. - für Militarismus, Maßlosigkeit, Selbstüberschätzung. Meisterhaft erzählt Christopher Clark die Geschichte Preußens von den Anfängen bis zur Auflösung des Staates im Jahr 1947. Mit seiner großen, 350 Jahre umfassenden Darstellung gelingt es Clark nicht nur, die äußerst ambivalente Geschichte dieser europäischen Großmacht lebendig und anschaulich zu schildern, sondern auch, sie von etlichen Mythen zu befreien. Ausstattung: Mit 71 s/w-Abbildungen

'People embraced each other, shook hands, joy radiated from every eye, there was no limit to the celebrations . . .' There can be few more exciting or frightening moments in European history than the spring of 1848. Almost as if by magic, in city after city, from Palermo to Paris to Venice, huge crowds gathered, sometimes peaceful and sometimes violent, and the political order that had held sway since the defeat of Napoleon simply collapsed. Christopher Clark's spectacular new book recreates with verve, wit and insight this extraordinary period. Some rulers gave up at once, others fought bitterly, but everywhere new politicians, beliefs and expectations surged forward. The role of women in society, the end of slavery, the right to work, national independence and the final emancipation of the Jews all became live issues. In a brilliant series of set-pieces, Clark conjures up both this ferment of new ideas and then the increasingly ruthless and effective series of counter-attacks launched by regimes who still turned out to have many cards to play. But even in defeat, exiles spread the ideas of 1848 around the world and - for better and sometimes much worse - a new and very different Europe emerged from the wreckage.

"Manguzi, KwaZulu-Natal. For two weeks in November 1993, Clare Stewart's body lay hidden in a shallow ditch until cattle herders discovered her remains. The much-loved ANC activist and rural development worker had moved here five years previously to set up a cattle co-operative. Even as rampant political violence engulfed the region, she had found purpose and a home there. Yet shortly after her death, local leaders were rumoured to have held a feast to celebrate the "recent demise of certain targets"... The police, claimed they could turn up no leads and made no arrests. Amid the chaos and euphoria that met the birth of a new South Africa, the details of Clare's death would remain hidden among the dirty secrets of the transition to democracy. When journalist Christopher Clark stumbled upon Clare's story, it would not let him go. This is his account of the search for the truth about Clare's killing, and his quest to better understand both her bold, intrepid life and her enduring legacy."-- Back cover

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An intellectual tour de force: the major essays of the esteemed author of international bestseller The Sleepwalkers Christopher Clark's The Sleepwalkers has become one of the most influential history books of our century: a remarkable rethinking of the origins of the First World War, which has had a huge impact on how we see both the past and the present. For the many readers who found the narrative voice, craftsmanship and originality of Clark's writing so compelling, Prisoners of Time will be a book filled with surprises and enjoyment. Bringing together many of Clark's major essays, Prisoners of Time raises a host of questions about how we think about the past, and both the value and pitfalls of history as a discipline. The book includes brilliant writing on German subjects: from assessments of Kaiser Wilhelm and Bismarck to the painful story of General von Blaskowitz, a traditional Prussian military man who accommodated himself to the horrors of the Third Reich. There is a fascinating essay on attempts to convert Prussian Jews to Christianity, and insights into everything from Brexit to the significance of battles. Perhaps the most important piece in the book is 'The Dream of Nebuchadnezzar', a virtuoso meditation on the nature of political power down the ages, which will become essential reading for anyone drawn to the meaning of history.

A realm of gilded thrones. A land of tarnished dreams. One world, with two sides. The fate of seven kingdoms is at stake during an epic card game. A runner flees her broken marriage and barrels straight into her high school reunion. A housebroken husband trades his beloved beagle for a sad, gray donkey. And a brother and sister chase a ghost down a long and lonesome highway into their haunted forest of their past. Young men and the difficult women who save them, old men and the dream girls who keep them up at night-join these eight heroes in unearthing the startling truth of what rests Under the World. Will they like what they find there? Will they even be able look it in the eye? And how about you? Under the World is the second book in The Fabulous & The Mundane, a series of short story collections by E. Christopher Clark. If death frightens you, but an unfulfilled life frightens you even more; if you like a good fairy tale as much as you love spine-tingling suspense, then you'll love this genre-bending union of fantasy and reality. Buy Under the World and start exploring today!

Bestsellerautor Christopher Clark über Zeit und Macht von der Antike bis heute Was hat der Brexit mit Bismarck zu tun? Was verbindet die antike Alexanderschlacht bei Issus mit der Schlacht gegen Napoleon bei Jena 1806? Was lehren uns Psychogramme aus dem Dritten Reich über Gehorsam und Courage? Und wie lässt sich Weltgeschichte schreiben, ohne dabei dem Eurozentrismus verhaftet zu bleiben? Christopher Clark, der mit seinen Büchern über Preußen und den Beginn des Ersten Weltkriegs Millionen Leser begeistert hat, beweist mit seinem neuen Band, wie vielfältig seine Interessen als Historiker sind. In insgesamt 13 ebenso klugen wie elegant geschriebenen Essays, die hier erstmals auf Deutsch vorliegen, zeigt er, wie sehr historische Ereignisse und Taten, Vorstellungen von Macht und Herrschaft über die Zeiten hinweg fortwirken – bis heute.

Inspired by the insights of Reinhart Koselleck and François Hartog, two pioneers of the "temporal turn" in historiography, Clark shows how Friedrich Wilhelm rejected the notion of continuity with the past, believing instead that a sovereign must liberate the state from the entanglements of tradition to choose freely among different possible futures. He demonstrates how Frederick the Great abandoned this paradigm for a neoclassical vision of history in which sovereign and state transcend time altogether, and how Bismarck believed that the statesman's duty was to preserve the timeless permanence of the state amid the torrent of historical change. Clark describes how Hitler did not seek to revolutionize history like Stalin and Mussolini, but instead sought to evade history altogether, emphasizing timeless racial archetypes and a prophetically foretold future.