A review by lkirschbaum
Die kürzeste Geschichte Deutschlands by James Hawes

informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

Great overview of German history in an entertaining yet informative way. I would’ve given this book 5 stars, however, the author conveys the simplistic and in my opinion erroneous conclusion that East Germany is the root of all of Germany’s political issues. This feeds further into the sociopolitical isolation of the East and doesn’t fully grasp the true political realities of the region.