Great Powers

This major new study not only establishes Jan Rüger as the leading historian of British-German relations but also puts the history of international relations onto a new footing. He deftly combines masterly coverage of politics with social and cultural history: musicians, bankers and artists, Germans who lived in Britain and Britons who lived in Germany – Richard J. Evans
For two hundred years, Britain and Germany needed and admired each other. Then they fought two catastrophic wars. Rüger demonstrates that the conflict was not economically pre-ordained, but the avoidable result of conscious political choices. A deeply humane reading of a dreadful human tragedy – Neil MacGregor
Jan Rüger brilliantly charts a path through the frequently changing landscape of relations between Britain and Germany over three centuries. Judicious, balanced and compelling in interpretation, the book is both illuminating and a pleasure to read – Ian Kershaw

Jan Rüger is Professor of History at Birkbeck, University of London. An acclaimed scholar of modern British and German history, he is the author of The Great Naval Game: Britain and Germany in the Age of Empire and Heligoland: Britain, Germany, and the Struggle for the North Sea, which was shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize.

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