Reviews for Colonel Of Chasseurs - A French Cavalryman In The Retreat From Moscow, Lutzen, Bautzen, Katzbach, Leipzig, Hanau & Waterloo.

The average rating for Colonel Of Chasseurs - A French Cavalryman In The Retreat From Moscow, Lutzen, Bautzen, Katzbach, Leipzig, Hanau & Waterloo. based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-09-25 00:00:00 James Maddox During the 1980s, Czech-born writer Milan Kundera defined Central Europe as "that ... part of Europe situated geographically in the center, culturally in the West, and politically in the East." As far as most Americans are concerned, it is "flyover country" -- somewhere between Germany and Russia. Consequently it is refreshing to read a history of the part of the world from which my family comes without being overwhelmed either by Germany or Russia. It is a separate place, which unfortunately is positioned between two behemoths that, especially in the last hundred years, have treated it as silly putty. Lonnie R. Johnson in CENTRAL EUROPE: Enemies, Neighbors, Friends has performed a useful function in describing how a dozen small countries have managed to perform a dance at the edge of the abyss without plummeting. Also, it is useful to view both Germany and Russia from the point of view of the Baltic countries, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, and the Balkans rather than vice versa. Johnson starts pretty much at the beginning, during the Dark Ages, and deals with changes in the formation and de-formation of countries over the years. Although we Americans do not, by and large, purchase goods from this part of the world, I have always believed that its time has not yet come. It would be nice to think that all those small Slavic and Finno-Ugrian (in the case of Estonia and Hungary) nations have in their possession the seed that will eventually grow into works of genius and perhaps even prosperity.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-12-09 00:00:00 Nicholas Moss "Historical memory, the presence of a past that is so remote that it bears little or no resemblance to the so-called realities of the contemporary world, is an important Central European attribute. History in this part of the world is epic and tragic; small nations frequently have struggled against larger ones and lost regularly. The past consists of inexcusable transgressions and missed opportunities; The present is filled with unfinished business of the past; and the future is a chance finally to rectify a historical record that has been inauspicious at best and unjust at worst. Developing a sense for what could be called the subjective dimension of Central Europe--the (usually pretty good) stories Central European peoples tell about themselves and the (usually pretty bad) ones they tell about their neighbors-is important to understanding the region. Some of the problems Central Europeans have with themselves and with one another are related to the fact that their history haunts them."