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Ruthless Warfare (1998) demonstrates how close the First World War came to Australia. It has been argued that Australia was manipulated against its interests into action in WW1 by London - this unpublished collection of documents from the military division of the German Archives shows that this was not the case. The German Navy expected a major confrontation with the British Empire, both in the North Sea and further afield. German cruisers were expected to make a significant contribution in the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific, pinning down British naval forces and thus undermining the British fleet's supremacy in the Atlantic. The damage and disruption to imperial trade would have had serious consequences for Australia, and these German plans also meant that a significant military intelligence system was active in the Antipodes.

This book, first published in 1983, goes beyond the black and white' literature of many East-West observers to offer a more nuanced assessment of the achievements of the Eastern bloc countries of the early 1980s. It covers the emergence of Eastern Europe' from revolution and war, the politics and economics of the new countries and their relationships with the West.

This book, first published in 1979, analyses the German November Revolution of 1919 and the years and conditions that led to it. It examines the economic, social and political background of the Ruhr up to the coal miners' strike of 1912; how the war aggravated social hardship and rifts in the workers' party; and, in detail, the revolution itself.

Der Autor geht der Frage nach, ob das Ansehen der Bismarckschen Sozialpolitik, das sie in den meisten Veröffentlichungen genießt, gerechtfertigt ist. Zunächst untersucht Tampke mit dem Hinweis auf die Traditionen der Wohlfahrtsgesetzgebung in Preußen, was an den Gesetzen der 80er Jahren wirklich neu war, um im zweiten Teil seiner Ausführungen dann die Debatten über die Ursachen dieser Gesetze und vor allem die Rolle Bismarcks bei ihrer Gestaltung darzulegen. Er gelangt zu dem Schluß, daß die Sozialgesetzgebung der 80er Jahre stark überbewertet worden ist. Ihre Auswirkungen waren lediglich von begrenzter Natur und stellen nur eine Episode in der Auseinandersetzung mit den sozialen Folgen der Industrialisierung dar. (RG)