Hans Gatzke
Hans Wilhelm Gatzke (born December 10, 1915 in Dülken ; † October 11, 1987 in New Haven, Connecticut ) was a German-American historian .
Life
Gatzke studied history at the universities in Bonn and Munich . After emigrating around 1930, he graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts in 1938 . He served in the American Army and graduated from Harvard University with a Masters degree in 1939 and a PhD in 1947 . From 1947 to 1964 he taught at Johns Hopkins University , where he received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1956 . In 1965 he moved to Yale University and taught there until he retired in 1986.
Gatzke donated a prize awarded by the American Historical Association for the best study of European military history since 1870. He is also remembered at Williams College by the Hans W. Gatzke Professorship of Modern European History .
Fonts
- (Ed.) Carl von Clausewitz . Principles of war. Translated with an introduction, Harrisburg, PA: Military Service Publishing Company, 1942; Reprint, Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 2003 (also available at: http://www.clausewitz.com/readings/Principles/ ).
- Germany's Drive to the West. A Study of Germany's Western War Aims During the First World War , Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1950.
- Stresemann and the Rearmament of Germany , Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1954.
- The Present in Perspective. A Look at the World Since 1945 , Chicago: Rand McNally, 1957 (reprints 1961 and 1965).
- (Ed.) European Diplomacy Between Two Wars, 1919–1939 , Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1972.
- Germany and the United States, a 'Special Relationship'? , Cambridge, Mass .: Harvard University Press, 1980.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gatzke, Hans |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gatzke, Hans W .; Gatzke, Hans Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-American historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 10, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dulken |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 11, 1987 |
| Place of death | New Haven, Connecticut |