Efficiency
Geoffrey Wheatcroft, 18 December 1980
The Rise and Fall of Prussia
by Sebastian Haffner.
Weidenfeld, 183 pp., £7.95, July 1980,0 297 77810 2 Show More
by Sebastian Haffner.
Weidenfeld, 183 pp., £7.95, July 1980,
The Northern Crusades: The Baltic and the Catholic Frontier 1100-1525
by Eric Christiansen.
Macmillan, 296 pp., £12.50, May 1980,0 333 26243 3 Show More
by Eric Christiansen.
Macmillan, 296 pp., £12.50, May 1980,
“... when painted by its admirers. For Prussia, even when enlightened, was never liberal. It was the best-organised, most disciplined country in Europe. When that is grasped, even Prussia’s ‘positive’ achievements can be seen in perspective. It was characteristic that Prussia should pioneer state schools and compulsory primary education, and that the ... ”