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THIS GERMANY

THE STORY SINCE THE THIRD REICH

(RUDOLPH WALTER LEONHARDT)

‘The Germans are extremists!’

‘The Germans don't know the meaning of freedom!’

‘The Germans glorify war!’

‘The Germans are arrogant in victory, Craven in defeat!’

Rudolph Walter Leonhardt is a German.  He knows what the world says about his countrymen.  Here in a book which has sold by the hundred thousand he looks squarely at the Germany which has arisen since the death of Hitler in 1945.

‘These reproaches,’ he writes, ‘have one embarrassing quality: they are half-truths.  We will just have to let them be what they are – talk.  But I have a suggestion.  Come with me.  Let us take a closer look at this Germany.’

Published in 1966 this book examines the state and impressions of Germany and the German people in the twenty years since the end of World War Two.

This 1966 paperback edition book is in good overall condition considering its age however there are some signs of wear to the cover in the form of bumps, knocks, rubbing and marks to the edges and corners, together with a small split and tear and the bottom of the spine on the front cover page (see photograph).  All pages are present, tightly bound, and free from tears, creases, and significant marks other than some age discolouration to the page edges typically found on paperbacks from this era.  This paperback runs to 374 pages (18cm x 11cm) and includes a detailed index.