Time and Power: Visions of History in German Politics, from the Thirty Years' War to the Third Reich

by Christopher Clark

Book Overview

From the author of the national bestseller The Sleepwalkers, a book about how the exercise of power is shaped by different concepts of time

This groundbreaking book presents new perspectives on how the exercise of power is shaped by different notions of time. Acclaimed historian Christopher Clark draws on four key figures from German history--Friedrich Wilhelm of Brandenburg-Prussia, Frederick the Great, Otto von Bismarck,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691181659
• ISBN13: 9780691181653
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.8" x 8.6"