Jan Rüger is Professor of History at Birkbeck, University of London. He is the author of The Great Naval Game: Britain and Germany in the Age of Empire and joint editor of Rewriting German History.

The breadth of research - from areas as diverse as music, art, and literature, to naval planning and Nazi propaganda - is impressive, as is the authors skill in selecting what to leave out in what might easily have become an unwieldy study. Heligoland is a valuable addition to the literature to Anglo-German affairs since 1800, and one which - due to its inclusivity and breadth- will be of interest to all scholars interested in either country or indeed the history of Europe, in that period.

• Prologue: Between Worlds 1: Edge of Europe 2: Nation and Empire 3: A Matter of Sentiment 4: Making Germans 5: Island Fortress 6: To Heligoland and Back 7: Disarming Germany 8: Hitler's Island 9: Out of Ruins Epilogue: No More Heligolands List of Abbreviations Notes Sources Acknowledgements Picture Credits Index

Jan Rüger is Professor of History at Birkbeck, University of London. He is the author of The Great Naval Game: Britain and Germany in the Age of Empire and joint editor of Rewriting German History.

The breadth of research - from areas as diverse as music, art, and literature, to naval planning and Nazi propaganda - is impressive, as is the authors skill in selecting what to leave out in what might easily have become an unwieldy study. Heligoland is a valuable addition to the literature to Anglo-German affairs since 1800, and one which - due to its inclusivity and breadth- will be of interest to all scholars interested in either country or indeed the history of Europe, in that period.

• Prologue: Between Worlds 1: Edge of Europe 2: Nation and Empire 3: A Matter of Sentiment 4: Making Germans 5: Island Fortress 6: To Heligoland and Back 7: Disarming Germany 8: Hitler's Island 9: Out of Ruins Epilogue: No More Heligolands List of Abbreviations Notes Sources Acknowledgements Picture Credits Index

Jan Rüger is Professor of History at Birkbeck, University of London. He is the author of The Great Naval Game: Britain and Germany in the Age of Empire and joint editor of Rewriting German History.

The breadth of research - from areas as diverse as music, art, and literature, to naval planning and Nazi propaganda - is impressive, as is the authors skill in selecting what to leave out in what might easily have become an unwieldy study. Heligoland is a valuable addition to the literature to Anglo-German affairs since 1800, and one which - due to its inclusivity and breadth- will be of interest to all scholars interested in either country or indeed the history of Europe, in that period.

• Prologue: Between Worlds 1: Edge of Europe 2: Nation and Empire 3: A Matter of Sentiment 4: Making Germans 5: Island Fortress 6: To Heligoland and Back 7: Disarming Germany 8: Hitler's Island 9: Out of Ruins Epilogue: No More Heligolands List of Abbreviations Notes Sources Acknowledgements Picture Credits Index