Bringing his book up to date with reflections since its first publication a decade ago; Charles Maier writes that the historians' controversy gave Germany a chance to air the issues immediately before unification and; in effect; the controversy substituted for the constitutional debate that a united Germany never got around to holding. The premises of national community; whether formulated in terms of legal culture; inherited collective responsibilities; or patriotic habits of the heart; had already been subjects for vigorous discussion.
#1469474 in Books Harvard University Press 1992-05-01 1992-05-31Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.25 x 1.04 x 6.13l; 1.17 #File Name: 0674707664416 pages
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