Sleepwalkers and the Germans.

Wed Aug 6 06:20:02 CDT 2014

In 2010, his history of Prussia, Iron Kingdom, attracted considerable 
praise and saw him awarded the prestigious prize of the Historisches 
Kolleg, an important centre for advanced study in history. - See more 
at: 
http://inside.org.au/christopher-clarks-sleepwalkers-and-the-germans-a-misunderstanding/#sthash.Xs7cFj10.dpuf

In 2010, his history of Prussia, Iron Kingdom, attracted considerable 
praise and saw him awarded the prestigious prize of the Historisches 
Kolleg, an important centre for advanced study in history. - See more 
at: 
http://inside.org.au/christopher-clarks-sleepwalkers-and-the-germans-a-misunderstanding/#sthash.Xs7cFj10.dpuf
In 2010, his history of Prussia, Iron Kingdom, attracted considerable 
praise and saw him awarded the prestigious prize of the Historisches 
Kolleg, an important centre for advanced study in history. - See more 
at: 
http://inside.org.au/christopher-clarks-sleepwalkers-and-the-germans-a-misunderstanding/#sthash.Xs7cFj10.dpuf 

In 2010, his history of Prussia, Iron Kingdom, attracted considerable 
praise and saw him awarded the prestigious prize of the Historisches 
Kolleg, an important centre for advanced study in history. - See more 
at: 
http://inside.org.au/christopher-clarks-sleepwalkers-and-the-germans-a-misunderstanding/#sthash.Xs7cFj10.dpuf 

In 2010, his history of Prussia, Iron Kingdom, attracted considerable 
praise and saw him awarded the prestigious prize of the Historisches 
Kolleg, an important centre for advanced study in history. - See more 
at: 
http://inside.org.au/christopher-clarks-sleepwalkers-and-the-germans-a-misunderstanding/#sthash.Xs7cFj10.dpuf
 > In 2010, his history of Prussia,/Iron Kingdo//m/, attracted 
considerable praise and saw him awarded the prestigious prize of the 
Historisches Kolleg, an important centre for advanced study in history. <

A brilliant study. I can recommend it to P-listers who need to know more 
about Prussia than Thomas Pynchon can provide. But caution! You'll 
unavoidably lose a commonplace or two ...

 From the NYT review:

But “Iron Kingdom,” Christopher Clark’s stately, authoritative history 
of Prussia from its humble beginnings to its ignominious end, presents a 
much more complicated and compelling picture of the German state, which 
is too often reduced to a caricature of spiked helmets and polished 
boots. Prussia and its army were inseparable, but Prussia was also 
renowned for its efficient, incorruptible civil service; its innovative 
system of social services; its religious tolerance; and its unrivaled 
education system, a model for the rest of Germany and the world. This 
too was Prussia — a tormented kingdom that, like a tragic hero, was 
brought down by the very qualities that raised it up. (...) The myth of 
Prussian militarism, likewise, receives careful scrutiny. A large, 
disciplined army transformed the Mark Brandenburg, with its poor soil, 
scant natural resources and lack of access to the sea, into a regional 
power. But the militarization of society did not really begin until the 
late 19th century, and even then Mr. Clark questions whether the 
Prussian experience set it apart from the rest of Europe. France and 
Britain were equally committed to empire-building and military might. 
“The ‘civility’ and anti-militarism of British society were perhaps more 
a matter of self-perception than a faithful representation of reality,” 
he writes. “It is also worth noting that the German peace movement 
developed on a scale unparalleled elsewhere.”
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Cambridge-based Australian historian Christopher Clark was not unknown 
in Germany when he published his latest book, The Sleepwalkers. In 2010, 
his history of Prussia, Iron Kingdom, attracted considerable praise and 
saw him awarded the prestigious prize of the Historisches Kolleg, an 
important centre for advanced study in history. His biography of Wilhelm 
II, which followed shortly after, was also generously received. The 
success of Th - See more at: 
http://inside.org.au/christopher-clarks-sleepwalkers-and-the-germans-a-misunderstanding/#sthash.Xs7cFj10.dpuf 

Cambridge-based Australian historian Christopher Clark was not unknown 
in Germany when he published his latest book, The Sleepwalkers. In 2010, 
his history of Prussia, Iron Kingdom, attracted considerable praise and 
saw him awarded the prestigious prize of the Historisches Kolleg, an 
important centre for advanced study in history. His biography of Wilhelm 
II, which followed shortly after, was also generously received. The 
success of Th - See more at: 
http://inside.org.au/christopher-clarks-sleepwalkers-and-the-germans-a-misunderstanding/#sthash.Xs7cFj10.dpuf 

Cambridge-based Australian historian Christopher Clark was not unknown 
in Germany when he published his latest book, The Sleepwalkers. In 2010, 
his history of Prussia, Iron Kingdom, attracted considerable praise and 
saw him awarded the prestigious prize of the Historisches Kolleg, an 
important centre for advanced study in history. His biography of Wilhelm 
II, which followed shortly after, was also generously received. The 
success of Th - See more at: 
http://inside.org.au/christopher-clarks-sleepwalkers-and-the-germans-a-misunderstanding/#sthash.Xs7cFj10.dpuf
In 2010, his history of Prussia, Iron Kingdom, attracted considerable 
praise and saw him awarded the prestigious prize of the Historisches 
Kolleg, an important centre for advanced study in history. - See more 
at: 
http://inside.org.au/christopher-clarks-sleepwalkers-and-the-germans-a-misunderstanding/#sthash.Xs7cFj10.dpuf

Yours truly,

The Prussian Pussy Eater

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