Sebastian Haffner Libri

Scritto alla fine degli anni Trenta e pubblicato postumo nel 2000, Storia di un tedesco è un tentativo, di fortissimo impatto emotivo-culturale e di innegabile lucidità e tensione morale, di ricostruire come una grande democrazia europea quale la Germania, con la sua straordinaria tradizione culturale e filosofica, abbia potuto precipitare nell’abisso del nazismo.

Prussia, a state which contributed so much to European civilization, only exis-ted as an independent power for 170 years. Sebastian Haffner, a Prussian by birth, reassesses the legend and tells the short but dramatic history of this unique state. He casts fresh light on its foundation, its struggle to become a great power in the eighteenth century, its important role as one of the Three Black Eagles with Austria and Russia, and its eventual disappearance from the map of Europe after the establishment of the German Empire.

Sebastian Haffner's memoir offers a firsthand account of life in Germany from 1907 to 1933, capturing the tumultuous period leading up to the rise of Nazism. It explores the experiences of ordinary citizens as they navigated significant societal shifts, including the emergence of right-wing militias and the impact of hyperinflation in 1923. Through personal reflections, Haffner illustrates the evolving attitudes and beliefs of the time, providing a compelling narrative of how individuals coped with a rapidly changing political landscape.

Using his skills as a journalist, historian, and memoirist, Sebastian Haffner (author of The Meaning of Hitler) traces the development of the German Empire (1871-1945) and the central role of warfare that characterized the Reich. Haffner contends that Germany’s unfavorable geographic position had much to do with the state’s belligerence and that, from its inception, created the conflicts that culminated in two world wars.

When Churchill died, one might have thought that it was not a man who was being borne to his grave, but British history itself - a resplendent, fortunate history whose last illustrious chapter Churchill himself had written almost a quarter of a century before.

Brilliantly insightful analysis of Hitler's Germany first published in 1940.

Die berühmten und einflußreichen Artikel Sebastian Haffners aus dem Londoner Observer zum ersten Mal in deutscher Sprache: Porträts u. a. von Hitler, Goebbels und Speer. Überlegungen zur Kriegslage in Europa, zum Kriegsende 1945, zum Umgang mit den Nazis und zur Politik nach dem Krieg. Und schließlich temperamentvolle Thesen zum Kalten Krieg und zur Bildung zweier deutscher Staaten - mit Porträts u. a. von Louise Schroeder, Kurt Schumacher, Konrad Adenauer und Theodor Heuss.