The German Myth of the East

An examination of the various different expressions of the distinctive German 'myth of the East' that has been such a marked feature of German culture over the last two centuries, influencing German attitudes both to Eastern Europe itself and also to Germans' own sense of identity.

Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Tennessee and is the author of War Land on the Eastern Front: Culture, National Identity, and German Occupation in World War I (2000). He has been awarded a fellowship by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

A captivating read and may be recommended as an overview to both students and researchers of east European and German history. Jan C. Behrends, Slavic Review [This] new and important book...makes a significant contribution to the history of the German national idea. Jan Vermeiren, European History Quarterly. lucidly written, well-researched and far-ranging William W. Hagen, Central European History