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Helene von Bismarck is a historian. Historian & Writer, Anglophile &European. FRHistS. Visiting Research Fellow @KCL_BritPolGov

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Book Cover for: All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque

All Quiet on the Western Front

Erich Maria Remarque
Helene von BismarckHelene von Bismarck

I cannot tell you whether you should watch the new movie, I have not seen it and don‘t intend to, as the memory of the book is too prominent in my mind. But do read Remarque‘s 'All quiet on the Western Front' if you haven’t already. /3

Paperback, Mass Market, 1987

$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History, Lea Ypi

Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History

Lea Ypi
Helene von BismarckHelene von Bismarck

Free' by @lea_ypi is extremely moving, controversial, thought-provoking, and confirmed me in my opinion that we need to study the 1990s a lot more to understand the present. It is also a book with a conclusion I disagree with.

Hardcover, 2022

$27.95$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Post Wall, Post Square: How Bush, Gorbachev, Kohl, and Deng Shaped the World After 1989, Kristina Spohr

Post Wall, Post Square: How Bush, Gorbachev, Kohl, and Deng Shaped the World After 1989

Kristina Spohr
Helene von BismarckHelene von Bismarck

Unlike many histories of the end of the Cold War, Kristina Spohr‘s book does not focus exclusively on East-West relations, but brings China into her analysis of the 1989-92 period. Informative, very readable, and highly pertinent to our time of renewed geopolitical upheaval.

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Book Cover for: The Digital Republic: On Freedom and Democracy in the 21st Century, Jamie Susskind

The Digital Republic: On Freedom and Democracy in the 21st Century

Jamie Susskind
Helene von BismarckHelene von Bismarck

I have learned so much from @jamiesusskind 's Digital Republic. Ambitious and nuanced, and yet easy and enjoyable to read for someone like me who knows less about tech than she should. The book to read about the way the world works in our digital times.

Hardcover, 2022

$28.95$14.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World, Jonathan Freedland

The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World

Jonathan Freedland
Helene von BismarckHelene von Bismarck

Possibly the most important book I have read this year. The story of a Jewish teenager who survived two years at Auschwitz, escaped, and authored a report about it that found its way to the centres of Allied power. This is not easy to read. But read it.

Paperback, 2023

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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