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Its set up as a series of essays which actually does service to german history because it isnt saddled with trying to weave a single narrative out of it
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Its like a gateway drug for german history
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A superb approach to a difficult topic excellently written
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Unlike many other histories of germany macgregors book does not devote disproportionate attention to the third reich and its antecedents
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Though quite informative it is never dull and does not get mired in extraneous details
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Macgregors approach is novel in that each chapter is like a short article on a particular topic
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Although the flow is chronological the topics are not detailed expositions of for example the thirty years war but rather a series of tangential and interesting subplots which reveal in their accumulation a fascinating and thoughtful overview of among other things what it means to be german