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The Shortest History of Germany

by J. M Hawes · first published 2017

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  • patrickk · Nov 10, 2020 · Recommends

    …https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/fanta-soda-origins-naz... Also overlooked in the post WWII analysis (apart from historians) is the influence of the Adenauer government: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirtschaftswunder There’s a great book called “the shortest history of Germany” that covers it nicely. It’s fascinating. This type of government action (included devaluation of citizens money but allowing companies to retain their value, cheap, highly motivated and educated labour…

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  • paganel · Nov 10, 2020 · Recommends

    > There’s a great book called “the shortest history of Germany” that covers it nicely. It’s fascinating. Do you happen to have an easy link to it? Sounds really interesting. > The book also goes into details on how the border of the Roman world still today predicts…

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  • seesawtron · Dec 25, 2020 · Mentions

    …German history because mainstream media and pop culture is only interested in German history during the World Wars and Cold War but has failed to portray the rest two thousand years of history. [0] "The Shortest History of Germany" by James Hawes.

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