Publisher's Synopsis
An engrossing and poignant history of Germany from 105 BC to the present. Opening with the battles of the Roman Empire in the first century BC, it covers the role of the Holy Roman Empire in the Crusades, German settlement across Central and Eastern Europe, and eventually the causes and consequences of the wars initiated by Germany in the 20th century. With a special focus on the treatment of Germany's civilians at the end of WWII and its immediate aftermath, it also exposes the scale of the human, territorial and cultural losses suffered by Germany and sets them within an appropriate historical context.
