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Salt to the Sea

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Ruta Sepetys
Ruta Sepetys

Ruta Sepetys is an American author known for her historical novels. Her works often focus on historical events and figures, particularly those that have been overlooked or forgotten. Born in November 1967, she embarked on her writing career with a passion for history and a pursuit of literary creation. more

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Book:Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
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“And albeit wicked and hypocritical kings, be suffered sometimes or sent from God, for the subject's sins and for our offenses, great no doubt and grievous in every estate (let none excuse themselves, let none accuse others) and that we hereby may worthly also be thought to have deserved both our princes' fall, and our own punishment, according to God's most holy commination, that when his people should cease to serve him in truth and commit wickedness, both they and their king should perish together - nevertheless, to see and know the place specially affected, and the next immediate source of all our sores , where we expect remedy and not ruin, is necessary for our recovery.”

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Book:An Admonition to the nobility and people of England and Ireland
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“Die Eröffnung der 750 Meter langen Siegesallee war ein vielsagendes Beispiel. Sie führte entlang einer der Verkehrsachsen der Hauptstadt und war von Denkmälern gesäumt. In einer langen Reihe halbrund angelegter Nischen mit Steinbalustraden standen auf hohen Podesten Statuen der Herrscher des Hauses Brandenburg, flankiert von den Büsten der Generale und hoher Staatsbeamter ihrer Herrschaft. Bereits zum Zeitpunkt der Eröffnung wirkte dieses gigantische Projekt völlig unzeitgemäß. Um die Allee rechtzeitig zu vollenden, hatte Kaiser Wilhelm II. die Statuen bei Bildhauern von unterschiedlicher Kunstfertigkeit in Auftrag gegeben – sie waren allesamt konventionell und bombastisch, viele wirkten überdies plump und leblos. Das Ergebnis war eine kostspielige Demonstration von Prunk und Monotonie. Mit der gewohnten Respektlosigkeit nannten die Berliner die Allee nur noch die »Puppenallee«, und unzählige zeitgenössische Karikaturen machten sich über den Größenwahn des Kaisers lustig. Die Krönung war eine Werbeanzeige aus dem Jahr 1903, die eine Siegesallee zeigte, gesäumt von riesigen Odol-Flaschen.”

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Book:Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947
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“Moltke wies zwar der Eisenbahn große Bedeutung zu, tatsächlich aber hätte seine aufwendige logistische Planung Preußen um ein Haar ins Verderben gestürzt, denn die Nachschubzüge trafen erst ein, als die Schlacht von Königgrätz bereits gewonnen war. In der Zwischenzeit hatten die preußischen Armeen, nicht viel anders als zu Zeiten Friedrichs des Großen, sich selbst versorgen oder für ihre Versorgung bezahlen müssen.”

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Book:Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947
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“in the outcomes of the greatest movements in German history—the Reformation and the Peasant War, the events of the period of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars, the Revolution of 1848 and the movement for the national unification of Germany. In all these major events the scales turned, in the long run, in favour of the reactionary classes.”

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Book:Marx and Engels on Reactionary Prussianism
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“the troops were composed of peasant serfs and poor burghers who were forcibly compelled to enlist. Recruiting frequently degenerated into sheer manhunts which led to bloody clashes. The whole system of military training was of a piece with these acts of cruelty and violence. ‘A soldier should fear his officer more than his enemy.’ Such was the principle laid down by Frederick II.”

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