Germany: A Nation in Its Time: Before, During, and After Nationalism, 1500-2000 BOTY_2025 and Mason’s bone-deep knowledge of

and Mason’s bone-deep knowledge of and appreciation for the natural world that’s on par with that of Thoreau

and always-especially at its most serious-devastatingly funny

psychological aspects

armed with the tools of a trenchant reporter

Reflecting on lessons learned over twenty-five years and thousands of operations completed on some of the most vulnerable and precious among us

Germany: A Nation in Its Time: Before, During, and After Nationalism, 1500-2000 BOTY_2025 and Mason’s bone-deep knowledge ofThe first major history of Germany in a generation, a work that presents a five hundred year narrative that challenges our traditional perceptions of Germany's conflicted past. For nearly a century, historians have depicted Germany as a rabidly nationalist land, born in a sea of aggression. Not so, says Helmut Walser Smith, who, in this groundbreaking 500 year history the first comprehensive volume to go well beyond World War II challenges traditional