Does anyone know about good Swiss history books?

I'm searching some general history books, not an era in special.

Thank you in advance!

If someone does not want to buy a book - I'd say, give this site a
try,it's available in english,spanish,italian,french and german.It
is really very informative and has a lot of photographs to make
this 'dry' topic entertaining!

http://history-switzerland.geschichte-schweiz.ch/



Präsenz Schweiz is a well known institution, this site was created
together with the Swiss info and various other sources,very
informative but in my humble opinion the other one is better

http://www.swissworld.org/eng/swissw...l?siteSect=800

Thank you EastEnders, I already knew that link. I also read Wikipedia.

But I love to read on my bed. I've already a little book of the serie "Que sais-je?" called Histoire de la Suisse.

And I pretend other book at least more informative. That one of Oxford Press isn't in Amazon.com

I would like to read up on the history of Switzerland (beyond Wikipedia).

I'm not talking about books like Beyond Chocolate or Xenphobe's Guide, I mean books on the bona fide history of Switzerland.

Have any of you read any such books you could recommend?

Seconding that, would also be interested to know of good books...preferably that aren't dry history books if possible.

Magnus Magnusson : Scotland: The Story of a Nation is a good starting point for general history & you can then do further reading with the likes of

John Prebble TM Devine William Ferguson Duncan Bruce

any particular areas of interest ? Covenanters , Stuarts, Industrial, Science ?

chuckle...have you read Scotland instead of Swissyland?

indeed .... f**ksox ... caught me on Amazon byuning some Jon Prebble ....

I was going to say...

And in the beginning God created the universe, but it was void and without form. The spirit of God flew over the face of the waters.

Then God created Scotland.

Why not just go to your typical swiss bar and talk to the drunk old man in the corner, saves your eyes

well here's an easy to understand BASIC Swiss History online and it come sin english as well when reading through it, I felt as if I was at school again

http://history-switzerland.geschichte-schweiz.ch/


Switzerland has also a rich history of sagas and tales,

http://www.buchhaus.ch/csp/shop/lus/...csp?ID=4266400


and back to your original enquiry , i can recommend this one

http://www.buchhaus.ch/csp/shop/lus/...csp?ID=1892376

my father hs got it and it served my eldest daughter many a good service when she had to research something for school as it covers almost anything in regards to Switzerland and is easily understandable.

Ouch in German...I fear my fledgling German would struggle.
Any recommendations for English books?

apart from giving the online 'book' a try ( i think i posted the english link)

then this would be a good option

http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=11307043 although it's an old book and does not cover the WWII and onwards!

here is the full list of books in relation to my search 'History' and 'Switzerland',maybe there is the one or other that tickles your fancy.

http://www.questia.com/library/histo...ss-history.jsp


and it seems the book of DIETER FAHRNI , Outline History of Switzerland ( ISBN 3-908102-61-8 ) is only available here at the moment,neither Amazon nor www.book.ch stock it......

http://www.buchhaus.ch/csp/shop/lus/...=9783908102618

and it seems the book of DIETER FAHRNI , Outline History of Switzerland ( ISBN 3-908102-61-8 ) is only available here at the moment

I am in the middle of reading this at the moment. So far I have found it quite readable but perhaps a little "light". If you are looking for a brief synopsis of the life and times of Switzerland then I would recommend this (the complete history in 129 pages) but if you a looking for something that goes into a bit more detail then I think you would be a bit frustrated.

Morgarten, Zwingly. Ok, there you have it. Not much more to Swiss history I would say ;-)

So... to learn more about Switzerland I decided to read biographies of as many nations leaders during world war II as possible. I am through a couple and am in the middle of the one on General Guisan (Swiss). Its not exactly easy/ captivating reading but it is another way to get a daily dose.

I've recently read an article about the new interest in Swiss history in the French speaking part of the country that also led to the creation of two new compact books, similar to this one in German (that I didn't read. Volker Reinhardt: Geschichte der Schweiz). Perhaps one of these will be translated?

Speaking of General Guisan and his antagonist, then president Pilet-Golaz, I've stumbled upon this article about the air force and relationships with Germany in WWII. Might be worth a machine translation. For the aviation buffs, the printed version of this article is in the latest issue of the Wochenzeitung (17.1.08) and has photographs of the Me-109 and D-3800, too

Very interesting article, thanks a lot. Makes me wish I had the Wochenzeitung in print ...

Stauffacher seems to have a few. I think I saw another one not available on the website in the shop last time I was there as well.

e. at least on order that is.