Ailing Empire

Sebastain Haffner. Froom Intl Pub, $9.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-88064-127-2

German journalist Haffner discusses Germany's characteristic aggression from 1871-1945, arguing that its armed belligerence and self-destructiveness resulted from its geographic location. ``This illuminating survey . . . focuses on the continuities and discontinuities of the modern German Reich and the central role of warfare in the empire,'' said PW. (Mar.)

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