{"product_id":"broken-lives-9780691174587","title":"Broken Lives","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One of Kirkus Reviews' Best Nonfiction Books of 2018\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Smithsonian: Best History Books of 2018\"\u003cbr\u003e\"One of Choice Reviews' Outstanding Academic Titles of 2018\"\u003cbr\u003e\"A revealing study of the lives of ‘ordinary Germans’ under the Third Reich and its aftermath. . . . A provocative addition to a vast literature: Jarausch's history complicates our understanding of German society during the early decades of the 20th century.\" * Kirkus *\u003cbr\u003e\"It’s a wide-ranging, panoramic, revealing treatment, and for the most part, it’s very dark. . . . For those who seek to understand the German experience in the twentieth century, Jarausch has done a tremendous service.\"\u003cb\u003e---Cass R. Sunstein, \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] fascinating study.\"\u003cb\u003e---Neil Gregor, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Well written, well researched, and analytical, this publication provides considerable insight into comprehending how it is possible for a phoenix to rise from the ashes and how resilience can be a national virtue.\"\u003cb\u003e---Stuart McClung, \u003ci\u003eNew York Journal of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Jarausch is a class act as a researcher. Every pronouncement is carefully weighed and underpinned with evidence. His thorough, considered approach epitomises social history at its very best. . . . Through the medium of memoirs, \u003ci\u003eBroken Lives \u003c\/i\u003eoffers an explanation for Germany’s dramatic reversal of fortunes from catastrophe to civility.\"\u003cb\u003e---Hester Vaizey, \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Jarausch’s steady technique gives the story continuity, as he traces the experiences of . . . young people coping with their inclusion into Nazi life.\"\u003cb\u003e---Jonathan Steinberg, \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBroken Lives . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eshows how World War I defeat did not lead to repentance in a country that had become theologically liberal or atheistic, but plans for revenge. For several years ordinary non-Jewish Germans rode high and thrilled to accounts of military victory, but their comeuppance was severe. All Germans suffered for a decade starting in 1942, and for those in the east torment lasted for nearly a half-century.\"\u003cb\u003e---Marvin Olasky, \u003ci\u003eWorld (25 Good History Reads)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403842953559,"sku":"9780691174587","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691174587.jpg?v=1730484692","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/broken-lives-9780691174587","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}