Sleepwalkers and the Germans.

[David Morris]

What's up with the extended repetitions in this post.  It looks like virus
activity.

On Wednesday, August 6, 2014, Kai Frederik Lorentzen <lorentzen at hotmail.de>
wrote:

>   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 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.”
> was
> was
>  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
>
>
> On 05.08.2014 14:17, alice malice wrote:
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> http://inside.org.au/christopher-clarks-sleepwalkers-and-the-germans-a-misunderstanding/
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