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Title: Good Information, Poorly Presented
Review: "A Short History of Germany" has good information but is not well-written. There are many points where I had to the internet and search for the particular topic being presented in the book, just to understand it better. It tends to go all over the place and does not comprehensively or completely explain much of the history. I frequently had to stop and search back to find out who the author was talking about and how he fits in with the history. If this occurred once or twice, I'd chalk it up to it being an oddity. But in fact, it happened too many times for me to count. I liked the information and it did prompt me to read in more depth on certain times and topics, but I could not recommend this as a good book to read.
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