Death of a Nation by A'Barrow, Stephen R. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Preface Historiography Maps Introduction Chapter 1 – The Early Germans: From Barbarians at the Gates of Rome to Holy Roman Emperors

Germania The Great Migration of the Germanic Tribes

Chapter 3 – The Rise and Fall of German Central Europe

Bohemia: The Heart of Europe Bohemia’s Greatest Kings Return of the Habsburgs The Rise of Czech Nationalism T.G. Masaryk’s Role in the Creation of the ‘Miracle of Czechoslovakia’ Hitler and ‘Heim ins Reich’ (Home to the Reich) Edvard Beneš: Genocidal Bureaucrat Feverish Ethnic Cleansing A Desolate Kingdom

Chapter 4 – Prussia: From The ‘Sandpit of Europe’ To European Power Broker

Changing Perceptions of Prussia The Crusader State The Advance of the Teutonic Knights Along the Baltic Coast The Coming of the Prussian State Prussia: From Geographical Region to the Name for a State Frederick the Great Prussia’s High Water Mark Napoleonic Tonic and German Whispers Restoration Europe After the Era of Napoleon Thinking about Germany The 1848 Revolutions in Germany, Prussia and Austria Bismarck (the Great) and a Prussian Germany Bismarck Steers a Course for Germany The End of the Concert

Chapter 5 – The Second Reich: In an Age of Global Imperialism

Chapter 6 – From Empire to Republic: The First World War and Weimar

The Inevitability of War The Motives of the Great Powers at the Outbreak of the First World War The Blame Game Escape Through War The Sum Total of War Shock and Revolution in 1918 The Cost of Versailles The List Punishment Payment Prevention Legacy Weimar and the Perfect Storm The Three Phases of Weimar

Chapter 7 – The Third Reich: From Total War to War Without End

Hitlerism vs. Nazism Foreign Policy: A Fool’s Errand? Hitler’s War Stalin’s War Why Hitler Remains Front and Centre Anti-Semitism: A History of Unremitting Persecution Why? Poland Reborn Polish Pretensions Between the Wars Hell Descends on Poland

Chapter 8 – The End is Nigh: Victory or Death

Victory or Death The Precipice Collapse The Fate of the Fortresses A Senseless Struggle End Game How Poland’s Modern Frontiers Came into Being Now It’s Your Turn: Polish Administration of Former German Territories Comparisons in Ethnic Cleansing Postscript to How Poland’s Modern Frontiers Came into Being Missing and Forgotten Zero Hour

Chapter 9 – The Aftermath: A Nation Disappears

The Occupation The Ten Thousand A Freebooter’s Paradise Economic Dismantlement The Hunger Winters of 1945–48 Conclusions

Epilogue Postscript: A Personal Journey Through a Kingdom of Ghosts

East Prussia: A Rural Idyll Lost Forgotten Silesia Euro Regions: The Possibilities Euro Regions: The Relative Successes Europe and Hopes for the Future

Appendices Notes on Appendices Notes Bibliography Acknowledgements Photographic Acknowledgements Index