On the Spot: Roger Moorhouse
Which moment would I most like to go back to? Berlin at the end of the First World War.
Why are you a historian of Central and Eastern Europe?
The revolutions of 1989 spurred a fascination with Central Europe and with history as a living entity.
What’s the most important lesson history has taught you?
That the permanent can be transient and the transient surprisingly permanent.
Which history book has had the greatest influence on you?
Alan Bullock’s Hitler: A Study in Tyranny, which impressed me when I read it 30 years ago.
What book in your field should everyone read?
Timothy Snyder’s Bloodlands.
Which moment would you most like to go back to?
Berlin at the end of the First World War, a maelstrom of anger, uncertainty and possibility.
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