Heligoland : Britain, Germany, and the struggle for the North Sea / Jan Rüger.

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