Michael Balfour sets out to explain the factors which have shaped
Germany. A satisfactory understanding of the German situation, he
feels, can only be gained by a full knowledge of German history
from the Middle Ages. It is only this depth of historical insight
which can lead the reader to a comprehension of modern Germany -
why Germany precipitated - and lost - two major wars this century;
the nature of the National Socialist regime; the recent unification
of Germany - and the way forward. In examining the German social,
political and economic character, Balfour traces the movement of
power through the centuries. German history has been dominated by
the failure of her medieval rulers to set up strong central
governments such as England and France, and the author attributes
Germany's position as an industrial backwater in the early 19th
century to this early failure of rule. When Germany did achieve
unity in 1914 and 1940 she wasted these opportunities in her
attempts to gain world power. Balfour then examines by contrast,
the astonishing growth of wealth over the last half-century, in
which Germany has emerged from its "power vacuum" to dictate
European interest rates. This book s
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