"A rich and full-throated account of the past 500 years... From the intellectual giants who enriched the west to the descent into dictatorship and war, the story of Germany’s global impact – up to its modern rebirth – is told with real verve."
- Neal Ascherson - The Guardian,
"David Blackbourn has written an entertainingly original history, rich in insights into man and nature and the German—in fact, the European—mind."
- Mark Kurlansky, best-selling author of Salt and Cod,
"[An] all-embracing history of Germany's relationship with the outside world . . . readers of this book will never see Germany in quite the same way again."
- The Economist,