An epic, groundbreaking account of the ethnic and state violence that followed the end of World War I and shaped the course of the twentieth century.Winner of the Tomlinson Book PrizeA Times Literary Supplement Best Book of 2016In The Vanquished, a highly original and gripping work of history, Robert Gerwarth asks us to think again about the true legacy of the First World War. In large part it was not...

A chilling biography of the head of Nazi Germany's terror apparatus, a key player in the Third Reich whose full story has never before been told.Reinhard Heydrich is widely recognized as one of the great iconic villains of the twentieth century, an appalling figure even within the context of the Nazi leadership. Chief of the Nazi Criminal Police, the SS Security Service, and the Gestapo, ruthless overlord of Nazi-occupied Bohemia and Moravia, and leading planner of...

'This war is not the end but the beginning of violence. It is the forge in which the world will be hammered into new borders and new communities. New molds want to be filled with blood, and power will be wielded with a hard fist.' Ernst Jünger (191***8)***For the Western allies 11 November 1918 has always been a solemn date - the end of fighting which had destroyed a generation, and also a vindication of a terrible sacrifice with the total collapse of thei...

Warum das Ende des Ersten Weltkriegs Europa keinen Frieden brachteNovember 1918: Der Waffenstillstand beendet das Sterben auf den Schlachtfeldern des Ersten Weltkriegs. Dennoch kehrt in weite Teile Europas kein Friede ein. Robert Gerwarth macht das Ausmaß der Konflikte deutlich und zeigt, warum das Schicksal der Besiegten der Schlüssel zum Verständnis des 20. Jahrhunderts ist. Denn die Brutalität des Ersten Weltkriegs ist in der kollektiven Erinner...

Uma perspectiva inteiramente nova de encarar a Primeira Guerra Mundial.«Olhar para a Grande Guerra como uma guerra de sobrevivência e expansão imperiais ajuda a colocar o conflito num contexto espacial e cronológico mais lato, iniciado com a invasão italiana de territórios otomanos no norte de África, em 1911. […] O quadro imperial torna também mais fácil ver que a violência em massa da guerra não acabou como armistício de 1918 e que a violência que antecedeu Agosto de 1914 pertence...

Ein neuer Blick auf ein epochales Ereignis deutscher GeschichteDie deutsche Revolution von 1918 – sie gilt noch heute als gescheitert. Eine verpasste Chance, die den Weg zum Aufstieg der Nazis und zur Katastrophe ermöglichte. Ein Fehlurteil, wie der renommierte Zeithistoriker Robert Gerwarth zeigt. Nicht nur zerschlug die Revolution die autoritäre Monarchie der Hohenzollern, sie schuf auf erstaunlich unblutige Weise den ersten deutschen demokratischen Nationalstaat...

Reinhard Heydrich is widely recognized as one of the great iconic villains of the twentieth century, an appalling figure even within the context of the Nazi leadership. Chief of the Nazi Criminal Police, the SS Security Service, and the Gestapo, ruthless overlord of Nazi-occupied Bohemia and Moravia, and leading planner of the "Final Solution," Heydrich played a central role in Hitler's Germany. He shouldered a major share of responsibility for some of the worst Nazi atrocities, and up to ...

Eine der zentralen Figuren des NS-Regimes im Spiegel seiner Zeit Reinhard Heydrich (1904 -1942) war einer der mächtigsten Männer des »Dritten Reichs«: Als Leiter des Reichssicherheitshauptamtes und engster Mitarbeiter Heinrich Himmlers lenkte er den Terrorapparat der Nationalsozialisten. Robert Gerwarth folgt in seiner Biographie dem steilen Aufstieg Heydrichs und beleuchtet dessen Rolle im NS-Regime sowie die Stilisierung zum Märtyrer nach seinem Tod durch ein Attentat in Prag. Kapitel I....

The German Revolution of November 1918 is nowadays largely forgotten outside Germany. It is generally regarded as a failure even by those who have heard of it, a missed opportunity which paved the way for the rise of the Nazis and the catastrophe to come.Robert Gerwarth argues here that to view the German Revolution in this way is a serious misjudgement. Not only did it bring down the authoritarian monarchy of the Hohenzollern, it also brought into being the first ever German democ...

Conhecido como 'O Carrasco de Hitler' e também chamado de 'O Açougueiro de Praga' pelos tchecos, Reinhard Heydrich foi personagem central do mais criminoso genocídio da história moderna: o Holocausto, no entanto, tem recebido uma atenção incrivelmente modesta na extensa literatura sobre o Terceiro Reich, o que este livro visa corrigir. Com a descoberta de documentos ainda não publicados, o historiador Robert Gerwarth fornece novas informações sobre a vida pública e privada de Heydrich, mos...

Para los Aliados occidentales, el 11 de noviembre de 1918 siempre ha sido una fecha solemne: el fin de los combates que habían masacrado a una generación, y también la reivindicación de un tremendo sacrificio, con el desmoronamiento total de sus principales enemigos, el Imperio alemán, Austria-Hungría y el Imperio otomano. Sin embargo, para gran parte del resto de Europa se trataba de una fecha carente de significado, ya que una interminable serie de terribles conflictos fue afectando a un...

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