Young Germany: History of the German Youth Movement / Edition 1

by Walter Laqueur

Overview

Young Germany explores the revolt of the younger generation in Germany from 1896 to 1933. It is a readable history of the Free Youth Movement, one of the most significant factors in shaping modern Germany. Laqueur, who grew up in Germany, retraces the history of the movement, its central ideas, and its cultural background.Today his study is of even greater interest and importance than when it was first published in 1962. In his new introduction to this edition, Laqueur shows that the German Youth Movement can be seen as a precursor of contemporary youth revolt. It inspired all of the ideas which continue to preoccupy proponents and students of generational conflict today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780878559602
Publisher:	Transaction Publishers
Publication date:	12/31/1984
Series:	Social Science Classics Series
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Walter Laqueur was director of the Wiener Library and the Institute of Contemporary History in London. He was founder and editor of the Journal of Contemporary History and other publications. Laqueur taught at Georgetown, Harvard, the University of Chicago, Johns Hopkins, and Tel Aviv University.

Table of Contents

PREFACE, INTRODUCTION BY R. H. S. CROSSMAN, PART ONE, 1. ROMANTIC PRELUDE, 2. THE BEGINNING, 3. THE NEW STYLE, 4. AT THE HOHE MEISSNER, PART TWO, 5. METAPOLITICS, 6. BLUHER AND WYNEKEN, 7. THE WAR OF THE SEXES, 8. OTHER YOUTH MOVEMENTS, 9. THE JEWISH QUESTION, PART THREE, 10. THE FIRST WORLD WAR, 11. 1919-LEFT V. RIGHT, 12. YEARS OF DISILLUSION, 13. THE END OF THE BEGINNING, PART FOUR, 14. THE 'WHITE KNIGHT', 15. ERNST BUSKE AND THE FREISCHAR, 16. PANORAMA OF THE BUNDE, 17. TUSK OR THE TRIUMPH OF ECCENTRICITY, 18. NATIONAL BOLSHEVISM, PART FIVE, 19. IN HITLER'S SHADOW, 20. THE ROAD TO RUIN, 21. THE POST-WAR PERIOD, CONCLUSION, APPENDIX: THE FOREIGN POLICY OF THE BUNDE, BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEX

Editorial Reviews

"This is a remarkable book. The story is told with knowledge, understanding and impartiality and it holds the interest of the reader.... It is one of the merits of Mr. Laqueur's book that he presents the personalities in lively, fully rounded sketches which [gives] the reader a vivid feeling of the profundity as well as the eccentricity of the movement."

—New York Times

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