Germany 1866-1945 by Gordon A. CraigReview by: Christoph KimmichForeign Affairs, Vol. 57, No. 5 (Summer, 1979), p. 1181Published by: Council on Foreign RelationsStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20040309 .

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