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Heligoland : Britain, Germany, and the struggle for the North Sea / Jan Rüger.
Van Pelt Library DD801.H3982 R86 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rüger, Jan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Helgoland (Germany)--History.
- Germany--Relations--Great Britain.
- Germany.
- Relations.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Relations--Germany.
- International relations.
- Germany--Helgoland.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 370 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- The story of the North Sea island which for generations stood as a symbol of Anglo-German conflict. A fascinating microcosm of a long and often troubled relationship, covering two centuries and two world wars. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Edge of Europe 7
- 2 Nation and Empire 32
- 3 A Matter of Sentiment 55
- 4 Making Germans 87
- 5 Island Fortress 109
- 6 To Heligoland and Back 133
- 7 Disarming Germany 153
- 8 Hitler's Island 174
- 9 Out of Ruins 204.
- ISBN:
- 9780199672462
- 0199672466
- OCLC:
- 954429626
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