Adenauer. The Father of the New Germany

Critical Acclaim for ADENAUER «A gripping narrative . . . brings to life an intriguing historical figure . . . an enthralling perspective on the processes that shaped the postwar world.» –Daily Telegraph (London) «Charts the ironies of Adenauer's complicated life. This is the story of a marathon man, but it is narrated at the pace of a sprinter and with the elegance of a hurdler.»–The Times (London) «Lucid and engaging. This is a well-researched and elegantly written volume which deserves a wider readership than the purely political.»–The Herald (Glasgow) «A highly readable, thoroughly reliable, intelligently critical life-and-times. . . . This portrait does justice to a …