Gerhard Ritter: 5 books
The Schlieffen Plan
Critique of a Myth
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
The Schlieffen Plan was the name given after World War I to the theory behind the German invasion of France and Belgium on 4 August 1914. In 1905-1906 Field Marshal Alfred von Schlieffen, the Chief of the Imperial Army German General Staff from 1891-1906, had devised a deployment plan for a war-winning...
by Gerhard Ritter
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Carl Goerdeler was for a long time more than anyone else at the centre of the conspiracy against tyranny; he was in immediate personal contact with almost all of the groups and parties—and not only as a tirelessly active director and recruiting officer for the movement, but at the same time as its...
Freiheit. Bewusstheit. Verantwortlichkeit.
Festschrift für Volker Zotz zum 60. Geburtstag
Language: German
Release Date: November 16, 2016
Der Band Freiheit. Bewusstheit. Verantwortlichkeit erscheint zum 60. Geburtstag des Philosophen und Religionswissenschaftlers Volker Zotz, der mit Büchern wie "Geschichte der buddhistischen Philosophie" (1996), "Auf den glückseligen Inseln" (2000), "Der Konfuzianismus"...
The Rise and Fall of a Socialist Welfare State
The German Democratic Republic (1949-1990) and German Unification (1989-1994)
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of social policy in the German Democratic Republic (GDR, 1949-1990), followed by an analysis of the “Social Union”, the transformation of social policy in the process of German unification in 1990. Schmidt’s analysis of the GDR also depicts commonalities...
by Gerhard A. Ritter
Language: German
Release Date: February 12, 2013
Language: German
Release Date: February 12, 2013
Vor knapp einem Vierteljahrhundert führten die Volksbewegungen in den ostmitteleuropäischen Staaten und in der DDR sowie der Zusammenbruch der Sowjetunion zum Ende des Kalten Krieges und zur Überwindung der Spaltung Europas. Der damalige Bundeskanzler Kohl nutzte die Gunst der Stunde zur Vereinigung...