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From the end of the Baroque age and the death of Bach in 1750 to the rise of Hitler in 1933 Germany was transformed from a poor relation among western nations into a dominant intellectual and cultural force more influential than France Britain Italy Holland and the United States In the early decades of the 20th century German artists writers philosophers scientists and engineers were leading their freshlyunified country to new and undreamed of heights and by 1933 they had won more Nobel prizes than anyone else and more than the British and Americans combined But this genius was cut down in its prime with the rise and subsequent fall of Adolf Hitler and his fascist Third Reicha legacy of evil that has overshadowed the nations contributions ever since
Yet how did the Germans achieve their preeminence beginning in the mid18th century In this fascinating cultural history Peter Watson goes back through time to explore the origins of the German genius how it flourished and shaped our lives and most importantly to reveal how it continues to shape our world As he convincingly demonstarates while we may hold other European cultures in higher esteem it was German thinkingfrom Bach to Nietzsche to Freudthat actually shaped modern America and Britain in ways that resonate today
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