Turning Points in Modern Times: Essays on German and European History

By Abbott Gleason and Karl Dietrich Bracher

Book Overview

This text focuses on events that occurred after 1917: the rise of Nazism on the Right and authoritarianism on the Left. It provides a framework for understanding one of the major ideological confrontations of this century - democracy versus totalitarianism in the forms of fascism, Nazism and communism. The analysis of the outcomes underscores the significance and power of democratic values and governments.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067491354X
• ISBN13: 9780674913547
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"