The German Genius: Europe's Third Renaissance, the Second Scientific Revolution, and the Twentieth Century

A "compelling" history of German cultural and intellectual development from 1750 to the twentieth century (Financial Times).

From the end of the Baroque era and the death of Bach to the rise of Hitler, Germany was transformed from a poor relation among Western nations into a dominant intellectual and cultural force. By 1933, Germans had won more Nobel Prizes than the British and Americans combined. Yet this remarkable genius was cut down in its prime by Adolf Hitler and his disastrous Third...