5 Best germany books like The Weimar Years Rise and Fall 1918-1933 by Frank McDonough

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The Weimar Years Rise and Fall 1918-1933

By: Frank McDonough

4.49

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

The prequel to Frank McDonough's bestselling Hitler Years series, covering the dramatic period of G…

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1. Amsterdam: A History of the World's Most Liberal City

By: Russell Shorto

3.54

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An endlessly entertaining portrait of the city of Amsterdam and the ideas that make it unique, by t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • european history

2. Hitler

By: Ian Kershaw

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

"The Hitler biography of the twenty-first century" (Richard J. Evans), Ian Kershaw's Hitleris a new… read more

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3. Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age

By: Tom Holland

4.22

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Pax is the third in a trilogy of books narrating the history of the Roman Empire. The series that b… read more

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  • european history
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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4. The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943

By: James Holland

4.33

Format: 568 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed WWII historian James Holland’s new book both recasts the controversial Italian Campaign a… read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • european history
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5. The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

By: Anna Keay

4.39

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

‘The execution of the king took place on a bleak, bitterly cold afternoon in January. As the execut… read more

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  • european history
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"This book was born of ignorance."

-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

"... he was not one to let other people's feelings get in the way when he knew he was right."

-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

"He warned his pious daughter Bridget of the dangers of self-criticism and the overwhelming importance of love."

-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

"As in many parts of the country, people's desire for peace and prosperity was stronger than their loyalty to one regime or another."

-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

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6. Nuclear War: A Scenario

By: Annie Jacobsen

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

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7. Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918

By: Katja Hoyer

4.17

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Before 1871, Germany was not a nation but an idea. Its founder, Otto von Bismarck, had a formidable… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • germany
  • nonfiction
  • european history
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8. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World

By: Mary Beard

4.11

Format: 493 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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9. Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

By: Katja Hoyer

4.23

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For o… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • germany
  • nonfiction
  • european history
"Some of the “songs"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

"Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart,"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

"From 1971, the rates paid were means-tested, allowing working class families with children privileged access. A four-person household in West Germany spent around 21 percent of their net income on re…"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

"In other fields too, female ambition had become the norm. By 1988, over 90% of East German women fought their own battles in the workplace. The GDR had reached the highest rate of female employment i…"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

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10. There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History

By: Rory Carroll

4.38

Format: 397 pages, Hardcover

Killing Thatcher is the gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margar… read more

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  • european history
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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11. Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties

By: David de Jong

4.21

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking investigation of how the Nazis helped German tycoons make billions off the horrors… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • germany
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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12. The Habsburgs: To Rule the World

By: Martyn Rady

3.85

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The definitive history of the dynasty that dominated Europe for centuries In The Habsburgs, Mart… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • germany
  • nonfiction
  • european history
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13. Stalingrad

By: Vasily Grossman

4.28

Format: 1088 pages, Paperback

Vasily Grossman’s Life and Fate has been hailed as a twentieth-century War and Peace. However, Life… read more

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  • world war ii
"But once, when she was singing his praises, her mother interrupted 'No, no, I've seen too many young people like that - both when I was a student in Petersburg and when I was in exile in Siberia. The…"

-Vasily Grossman, Stalingrad

"There are people who like to ascribe only the basest of motives to the actions of others. This is not always because they act basely themselves; often they would not dream of acting as they suspect o…"

-Vasily Grossman, Stalingrad

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14. France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain

By: Julian T. Jackson

4.17

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

One of the great contemporary historians of France on one of the most controversial periods of twen… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • european history
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15. The French Revolution: From Enlightenment to Tyranny

By: Ian Davidson

3.60

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A vital and illuminating look at this profoundly important (and often perplexing) historical moment… read more

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  • european history
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"I accuse you of marching towards supreme power. - said by Jean-Baptiste Louvet to Robespierre (1792)"

-Ian Davidson, The French Revolution: From Enlightenment to Tyranny

"Sir, did you not hear the orders of the King?" Bailly replied: "...It seems o me that the nation assembled cannot take orders."

-Ian Davidson, The French Revolution: From Enlightenment to Tyranny

"If I were to put a date on it, I would say that the French Revolution finally came to rest after almost exactly 180 years, on April 28, 1969, when President de Gaulle resigned in a huff and the Fifth…"

-Ian Davidson, The French Revolution: From Enlightenment to Tyranny

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16. The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order: America and the World in the Free Market Era

By: Gary Gerstle

4.19

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The most sweeping account of how neoliberalism came to dominate American politics for nearly a half… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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17. A Nasty Little War: The West's Fight to Reverse the Russian Revolution

By: Anna Reid

3.96

Format: 431 pages, Kindle Edition

A BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR'Thoroughly researched, stylish and entertaining' Financial … read more

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  • european history
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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18. The Weimar Years Rise and Fall 1918-1933

By: Frank McDonough

4.49

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

The prequel to Frank McDonough's bestselling Hitler Years series, covering the dramatic period of G… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • germany
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • 20th century
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19. Darkness Falling: The Strange Death of the Weimar Republic, 1930-33

By: Peter Walther

3.85

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

An enthralling narrative history of Weimar Berlin in the three years before the Nazi takeover and a… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
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20. Women in Intelligence: The Hidden History of Two World Wars

By: Helen Fry

4.06

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the twentieth century onwards, women took on an extraordinary range of roles in intelligence, … read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • 20th century
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21. Autocracy, Inc.

By: Anne Applebaum

4.28

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Americans who rarely think about Russia would be stunned to learn how much time Russian state television devotes to America’s culture wars, especially arguments over gender. Putin himself has display…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

"Isolationism is an instinctive and even understandable reaction to the ugliness of the modern interconnected world. For some politicians in democracies, it will continue to offer a successful path to…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

"The temptation of what is sometimes called realism—the belief that nations are solely motivated by a struggle for power, that they have eternal interests and permanent geopolitical orientations—is as…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

19 Top history books like The Weimar Years Rise and Fall 1918-1933 by Frank McDonough

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Amsterdam: A History of the World's Most Liberal City

Russell Shorto

3.54

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Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age

Tom Holland

4.22

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The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943

James Holland

4.33

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The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

Anna Keay

4.39

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Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

4.06

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Tom Holland

4.22

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Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918

Katja Hoyer

4.17

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Alexander Mikaberidze

4.34

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