Few economic events have had the impact of German hyperinflation in 1923, still remembered as a root cause of Hitler's rise to power; yet in recent years historians have defended the inflationary policies adopted after 1918. Niall Ferguson takes a different view. He argues that inflation was an economic and political disaster, and that alternative economic policies could have s...(展开全部)

Few economic events have had a more profound or enduring impact than the German hyperinflation of 1923, still remembered popularly as a root cause of Hitler's rise to power. Yet many historians have argued that inflationary policies were, on balance, advantageous to post-1918 Germany, both boosting growth and helping to reduce reparations. The scholarly consensus is that there ...(展开全部)

Winner of the Lionel Trilling Award Nominated for the National Book Award “A major contribution to our understanding of some of the great themes of modern European history—the relations between Jews and Germans, between economics and politics, between banking and diplomacy.” —James Joll, The New York Times Book Review “I cannot praise this book too highly. It is a work ...(展开全部)

Winner of the Lionel Trilling Award Nominated for the National Book Award “A major contribution to our understanding of some of the great themes of modern European history—the relations between Jews and Germans, between economics and politics, between banking and diplomacy.” —James Joll, The New York Times Book Review “I cannot praise this book too highly. It is a work ...(展开全部)

弗里茨•斯特恩（Fritz Stern，1926—2016），出生于德国的布雷斯劳（弗罗茨瓦夫，现属波兰），1938年移居美国。曾任哥伦比亚大学荣誉教授，在康奈尔大学、耶鲁大学、柏林自由大学和康斯坦茨大学任教，并于1993—1994年担任美国驻德国大使理查德·霍尔布鲁克（Richard Holbrooke）的高级顾问。专长为近现代欧洲史、德国史及犹太人史，致力于理解第三帝国如何兴起及其历史根源。着有《文化绝望的政治》《权力的责任》《非自由主义的失败——现代德国政治文化论文集》《爱因斯坦恩怨史》《我所认识的五个德国》《梦想与错觉：德国历史的戏剧》等。

A penetrating examination of the central issues, trends, and developments of the coming decades and the problems and opportunities they present to America and the world.

埃里克·埃克（Erick Eyck（1878—1964），生于德国柏林，曾就读于柏林大学和弗莱堡大学，以法律记者、议员的身份在上诉法院从事法律工作。1937年为躲避纳粹迫害，他移居英国，在伦敦大学和牛津大学讲学，并开始反思德意志民族崛起之路。埃克博士论著宏富，著有《魏玛共和国史》（商务印书馆，1994）、《俾斯麦研究》等论著。《俾斯麦与德意志帝国》是他以牛津大学的课堂讲义为基础写成的总结性专著，是公认的经典之作。