Bøger af David Clay Large

This is a print on demand publication. Contents: Introduction: Bavaria in the Era of Revolution, 1918-1919; Part One: The "Einwohnerwehr" Movement in Bavaria: (I) The Organizational Development of the "Einwohnerwehr": State or Private Control?; (II) The Political Evolution of the Bavarian "Einwonerwehr"; Part Two: The Bavarian "Einwohnerwehr"; Part Two: The Bavarian "Einwohnerwehr" in National and International Policy: (III) The Orgesch and the Orka: (A) The Orgesch in Germany; (B) The Orka in Austria; (IV) The Allied Response: "Einwohnerwehr" Dissolution and the Crisis in Bavarian-Reich Relations; Conclusion; Bibliography.

In the political history of the past century, no city has played a more prominent-though often disastrous-role than Berlin. At the same time, Berlin has also been a dynamic center of artistic and intellectual innovation. If Paris was the Capital of the Nineteenth Century, Berlin was to become the signature city for the next hundred years. Once a symbol of modernity, in the Thirties it became associated with injustice and the abuse of power. After 1945, it became the iconic City of the Cold War. Since the fall of the Wall, Berlin has again come to represent humanity's aspirations for a new beginning, tempered by caution deriving from the traumas of the recent past. David Clay Large's definitive history of Berlin is framed by the two German unifications of 1871 and 1990. Between these two events several themes run like a thread through the city's history: a persistent inferiority complex; a distrust among many ordinary Germans, and the national leadership of the unloved city's electric atmosphere, fast tempo, and tradition of unruliness; its status as a magnet for immigrants, artists, intellectuals, and the young; the opening up of social, economic, and ethnic divisions as sharp as the one created by the Wall.

The torch relay-that staple of Olympic pageantry-first opened the summer games in 1936 in Berlin. Proposed by the Nazi Propaganda Ministry, the relay was to carry the symbolism of a new Germany across its route through southeastern and central Europe. Soon after the Wehrmacht would march in jackboots over the same terrain.The Olympic festival was a crucial part of the Nazi regime's mobilization of power. Nazi Games offers a superb blend of history and sport. The narrative includes a stirring account of the international effort to boycott the games, derailed finally by the American Olympic Committee and the determination of its head, Avery Brundage, to participate. Nazi Games also recounts the dazzling athletic feats of these Olympics, including Jesse Owens's four gold-medal performances and the marathon victory of Korean runner Kitei Son, the Rising Sun of imperial Japan on his bib.

More clearly than many other books, Large's account depicts the tragic abandonment of the Jews by Western Nations.- "Booklist"

In this irresistible tour through the grand spas of Central Europe, noted historian David Clay Large traces their history from classical antiquity to the present. He vividly shows that they were not only centers of healing but hotbeds of artistic creation, nests of social intrigue, and gilded venues for high-level politicking.

This study charts the path from Germany's total demilitarization after World War II to the appearance of the Bundeswehr, the West German army, in 1956. Although the establishment of the Bundeswehr ultimately stabilized Germany, the acrimony surrounding its formation was deeply divisive.