The Euro crisis has served as a stark reminder of the fundamental importance of Germany to the larger European project. But the image of Germany as the dominant power in Europe is at odds with much of its recent history. Reluctant Meister is a wide-ranging study of Germany from the Holy Roman Empire ...
After more than 50 years of European integration the 'old continent' finds itself today once again at a crossroads. The Delphic Oracle on Europe deals with the most relevant and contentious issues related to the European Union's way forward in times of global crisis and profound change.
Recognizing that the US is an immigrant country and Germany is not, historians and demographers from each describe how the two countries have come to have the largest number of immigrants among advanced industrial countries; how their conception of citizenship and nationality differ...