Download pdf The Vanished Kingdom : Travels Through the History of Prussia
Download pdf The Vanished Kingdom : Travels Through the History of Prussia

The Vanished Kingdom : Travels Through the History of Prussia.cJames Charles Roy
The Vanished Kingdom : Travels Through the History of Prussia
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Author: James Charles Roy
Page Count: 416 pages
Published Date: 01 Jun 2000
Publisher: The Perseus Books Group
Publication Country: Boulder, CO, United States
Language: English
Type: PDF
ISBN: 9780813337937
File size: 19 Mb
File Name: The.Vanished.Kingdom.Travels.Through.the.History.of.Prussia.pdf
Download Link: The Vanished Kingdom Travels Through the History of Prussia
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Twice in this century, Germany initiated wars of unimagined terror and destruction. In both cases, defense of the "Prussian" realm, the German homeland, was the perceived and vilified perpetrator. Few today understand with any precision what "Prussia" means, either geographically or nationalistically, but neither would they deny the psychic resonance of the single word. To most, it means unbridled aggression, the image of the goose-stepping Junker.But what was once Prussia is now a significant portion of Eastern Europe, a contested homeland first won by Christian knights of the Teutonic Order. For centuries thereafter its terrain has been crisscrossed by war and partitioned by barbed wire. In its final catastrophe of 1945, nearly two million German refugees fled the region as Russian armies broke the eastern front, perhaps the greatest dislocation of a civilian population at any time during World War II. With the Berlin Wall now a memory and the Soviet Union in a state of collapse, this remains a geography in shambles. Modern travelers can now, for the first time in decades, see and ponder for themselves what Prussia really was and now is.James Charles Roy and Amos Elon, two writers noted for their inquisitive natures, have gone to search through the rubble themselves. They intermingle present-day observations with moving vignettes from the German and Prussian past, sketching a portrait of the Europe we know today. The story is spiced with interviews and reminiscences, unforgettable in their sadness, of people looking back at a life now gone, a life full of turmoil and heartache, memories both fond and tragic. The final result: a far deeper understanding of the tattered lands of today's Eastern Europe.

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