Bøker av Gordon A. Craig

Gordon A. Craig (1913-2005), one of America''s most distinguished historians of modern Germany, was an indefatigable essayist. This volume gathers previously uncollected articles from the last quarter of a career that spanned six decades. Placing politics in the perspective of culture, and culture in the perspective of politics, these essays examine the persistent tension between liberalism and militarism in German history, and include the author''s reflections on political leadership, intellectual creativity, and military catastrophe.

During a career that spanned sixty years, Gordon A. Craig (1913ΓÇô2005) was one of AmericaΓÇÖs leading authorities on diplomatic history and international relations. This volume of previously uncollected essays (with one essay published here for the first time) includes several surveys, from different perspectives, of the field of diplomatic history; comparative studies of American and European conceptions of foreign policy and the balance of power; and essays on the theory and practice of diplomacy, focusing especially on the turbulent twentieth century.