{"product_id":"aftermath-2","title":"Aftermath","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e TOP 10 BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e***SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION***\u003cbr\u003e***SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e***SHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003e* \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e * \u003ci\u003eTelegraph \u003c\/i\u003e* \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e * \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e * \u003ci\u003eIrish Independent \u003c\/i\u003e* \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A masterpiece''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSPECTATOR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Exemplary [and] important... This is the kind of book few writers possess the clarity of vision to write''\u003c\/b\u003e MAX HASTINGS,\u003ci\u003e SUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Magnificent... There are great lessons in the nature of humanity to be learnt here'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eTELEGRAPH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGermany, 1945: a country in ruins. Cities have been reduced to rubble and more than half of the population are where they do not belong or do not want to be. How can a functioning society ever emerge from this chaos?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn bombed-out Berlin, Ruth Andreas-Friedrich, journalist and member of the Nazi resistance, warms herself by a makeshift stove and records in her diary how a frenzy of expectation and industriousness grips the city. The Americans send Hans Habe, an Austro-Hungarian Jewish journalist and US army soldier, to the frontline of psychological warfare - tasked with establishing a newspaper empire capable of remoulding the minds of the Germans. The philosopher Hannah Arendt returns to the country she fled to find a population gripped by a manic loquaciousness, but faces a deafening wall of silence at the mention of the Holocaust.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAftermath \u003c\/i\u003eis a nuanced panorama of a nation undergoing monumental change. 1945 to 1955 was a raw, wild decade poised between two eras that proved decisive for Germany''s future - and one starkly different to how most of us imagine it today. Featuring black and white photographs and posters from post-war Germany - some beautiful, some revelatory, some shocking - \u003ci\u003eAftermath \u003c\/i\u003eevokes an immersive portrait of a society corrupted, demoralised and freed - all at the same time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57308191490430,"sku":"NW9780753557884","price":12.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780753557884.jpg?v=1778508625","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/aftermath-2","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}