German Social Democracy, 1905-1917: The Development of the Great Schism (Harvard Historical Studies)
A brilliant and formidable analysis of the SDP in the period immediately following its formal rejection of revisionism...An extraordinary synthesis of intellectual, political and sociological history [Mr.Schorske] succeeds in placing the story of the SDP in the general framework of German internal and foreign politics. He has a special flair for the lucid statement of difficult ideas, and combines this with a patience when dealing with endless materials concerning the institutional structures on both the national and the local level, of the party and the trade union movement  alike. (World Politics)A masterful study! Professor Schorske's book combines the methodological thoroughness of a scholarly monograph with the breadth of political insight needed to investigate and explain Social Democratic history. (Journal of Central European Affairs)