Edgar Feuchtwanger

I Was Hitler's Neighbour

As a boy growing up in Munich Edgar Feuchtwanger witnessed the rise of Germany’s dictator at extraordinarily close range.

Published May 24 2012

The Peculiar Course of German History

Edgar Feuchtwanger warns against exaggerating the extent or significance of liberalism’s failure in German history.

Published September 14 2002

Bismarck, Prussia and German nationalism

Edgar Feuchtwanger assesses Bismarck's controversial career and legacy.

Published February 16 2001

Hitler, Stresemann and the Discontinuity of German Foreign Policy

Edgar Feuchtwanger examines the controversial issue of change and continuity in the foreign policies of the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany.

Published December 1 1999

Bookwatch - German History

Edgar Feuchtwanger considers new books on modern Germany history.

Published December 1 1998

Gladstone and the rise and fall of Victorian Liberalism

Edgar Feuchtwanger reconsiders the career of a Victorian icon.

Published December 1 1996

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Lords of the Northern Forest

The Hudson's Bay Company was one of the central forces moulding the development of the vast tracts of land that today are Canada - but as Barry Gough explains here, the circumstances of its launch in 1670 also reveal much about the commercial forces, personalities and rivalries of Restoration England.