Unavoidable Germans: Art vs. Politics and the Consequences

by John Mosher

Unavoidable Germans describes how 20th century Germany, with its high reputation in philosophy, the arts, and especially music, could accept a banal, undereducated outsider, Hitler, as national and cultural leader. In exploring German culture, the author found three "unavoidable Germans" in Goethe, Wagner, and Thomas Mann, whom the book examines in detail before bringing the fourth unavoidable personality, Hitler himself, on the scene to examine...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761806474
• ISBN13: 9780761806479
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.8" x 8.8"