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Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918 by Katja Hoyer

pdfguy's review

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1.5

Just not very good. Whig history at its most surface level and asinine. 

bedeh's review

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informative fast-paced

4.25

milloola's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging informative medium-paced

4.5

jukkamanninen's review against another edition

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informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

jalso's review against another edition

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informative fast-paced

5.0

nfleow's review against another edition

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dark informative reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.0

benhamm's review

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medium-paced

4.5

stewg's review against another edition

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informative medium-paced

4.25

cgcang's review

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5.0

I like a book that does exactly what it sets out to do. Blood and Iron is a well-written story of the Second Reich and a very enlightening, concise history. Hoyer's writing is lively with a good balance: Not overly ornate, not too simple. It took me too long to read not because the book was boring, but because I simply couldn't focus. The actual time it took me to sit down and read through this wasn't actually that long, maybe 4-6 hours, maybe not even that long. If you need an introduction the the Second Reich, you shouldn't sleep on this.

scheubs's review

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informative medium-paced

4.25