The vanished kingdom : travels through the history of Prussia / James Charles Roy ; introduction by Amos Elon.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Roy, James Charles, 1945-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, ©1999.
Subjects:	National characteristics, Prussian. Political culture > Germany > Prussia. Prussia (Germany) > Historiography. Prussia (Germany) > History > Philosophy. Europe, Eastern > Politics and government > 1989-
Online Access:	Contributor biographical information Publisher description

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Kaliningrad, the nowhere city / Amos Elon
Beginnings, the Teutonic knights. Old Prussia: finding the way ; Marienburg: crusades and the birth of Prussia ; Danzig: drive to the east ; Grünwald: the knights repulsed ; Frauenburg: Polish inroads
Consolidation: the Hohenzollern dynasty. Grosse Werder: the great elector ; Neudeck: the soldier-king ; Eylau: Napoleonic disaster
Blood and iron: Bismarck and Wilhelm. Cadinen: rush for glory ; Tannenberg: the siamese twins ; Gross Pötzdorf: Weimar interlude
Extinction: the second world war. Suwalki: war ; The river Memel: into Russia ; Stutthof: final solutions ; Rastenburg: madness, assassination, honor ; Ostpreussen: along country roads ; In the west: survivors.

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