'Mr Taylor, by cutting down to a minimum the ballast of dates and names that so often encumbers historical writing, and concentrating on the fundamental trends and events, has achieved both brevity and lucidity.'

The Observer

'He is not only a brilliant but a profound historian.'

New Statesman

'The profound is mixed with the wisecrack. It has the shortcomings of its virtues. It will shock the scholarly reader but it must challenge him too.'

American Historical Review

'The Course of German History is vivid, exciting, openly partisan.'

Adam Sisman, A. J. P. Taylor: A Biography

'His first best-seller, The Course of German History was written in a "journalistic" rather than academic style and remains extremely readable.'

Kathleen Burk, Troublemaker: The Life and History of A. J. P. Taylor