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HISTORY MADE SIMPLE SERIES
THE HISTORY BOOK HAS NEVER BEEN SO FUN AND INTERESTING TO READ!
HMSS BOOKS ARE FOR ALL THOSE WHO'VE EVER READ A HISTORY
BOOK FROM COVER TO COVER...AND, ESPECIALLY, FOR ALL THOSE WHO NEVER HAVE!
HMSS SERIES LETS ALL HISTORICAL ACTORS SPEAK THEIR MINDS AND VOICE THEIR DIFFERENT, OFTEN CONFLICTING, OPINIONS. AFTER ALL, HISTORY CANNOT BE INTERESTING TO THE NON-SPECIALIST WHEN IT'S SERVED UP AS A COLD MONOLOGUE.
HMSS BOOKS HAVE A HAND-CRAFTED FEEL TO THEM. THEY'RE CHOCK FULL OF HUNDREDS OF SKETCHES, MAPS, AND STENCILLED COPIES OF ORIGINAL HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS - LIKE THE ONES BELOW OF ADOLF HITLER IN A VIENNA CROWD IN AUGUST OF 1914, A CLOSE-UP OF THE SAME PICTURE, A MAP OF THE NAVAL BATTLE OF JUTLAND IN 1915, A RED ARMY RECRUITMENT POSTER, AND THE FRONT PAGE OF THE NAZI PAPER VöLKISCHER BEOBACHTER (Völkisch Observer) ANNOUNCING ADOLF HITLER'S APPOINTMENT AS GERMANY'S CHANCELLOR ON JANUARY 30, 1933.
HMS SERIES CHALLENGES THE VIEW THAT THE STUDY OF HISTORY IS A FUTILE EXERCISE. WE CAN’T AGREE ABOUT THE PRESENT, HOW CAN WE POSSIBLY AGREE ABOUT THE PAST, RIGHT?
AT HMSS WE HAVE FUN PRESENTING THE ESSENTIAL INFORMATION ON THE HISTORY OF SEPARATE COUNTRIES IN THE SIMPLEST AND MOST ENJOYABLE MANNER POSSIBLE. YET WE DON'T SACRIFICE KNOWLEDGE TO THE ALTER OF ENTERTAINMENT. ALL OUR E-BOOKS ARE THOROUGHLY RESEARCHED AND PUT TOGETHER BY HISTORY PROFESSIONALS WITH MANY YEARS EXPERIENCE TEACHING AT BOTH THE HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE LEVEL.
HMSS BOOKS DIFFER!
YOU CAN'T PASSIVELY READ HMSS BOOKS - THEY CHALLENGE YOU TO THINK!
ALL HMSS E-BOOKS ARE AVAILABLE ON AMAZON
THE SERIES BEGINS WITH THREE E-BOOKS ON GERMAN HISTORY BY KURT E. BREITNER, WHO RECEIVED HIS PH.D. IN HISTORY AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, AND HAS TAUGHT AT THE COLLEGE AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS IN THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, EUROPE AND RUSSIA.
WHY START THE SERIES WITH GERMANY AND NOT SOME OTHER “SHIP”? WE PICKED GERMANY FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS: GERMANY HAS BEEN THE ECONOMIC MOTOR OF EUROPE FOR OVER 140 YEARS; IT PLAYED A CENTRAL ROLE IN TWO WORLD WARS; IT WAS THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE NASTY PHENOMENA OF NAZISM AND HITLERISM; GERMANY WAS ONE OF THE FEW COUNTRIES THAT WERE SPLIT AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR INTO CAPITALIST AND COMMUNIST HALVES; AND THE COUNTRY WAS REUNITED AS A SINGLE STATE WHEN THE COLD WAR ENDED. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, GERMANY TODAY IS THE DOMINANT PLAYER IN THE EUROPEAN UNION, THE WORLD’S LARGEST MARKET, A UNION WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING SERIOUS CENTRIFUGAL PRESSURES.
THE SERIES ON THE HISTORY OF MODERN GERMANY WILL BE FOLLOWED BY HMS U.S.A, HMS RUSSIA, AND,
HMS MIDDLE EAST.
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