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In 2011, a former ruling dynasty of this modern-day country hired Cambridge historian Christopher Clark to write a report justifying the family’s claims to reside in historical palaces. (20[1])One school of historiography argues that this country went from monarchy to democracy on a “special path.” (0[1])The so-called “2.0” version of the (20[1])“Historian’s Dispute” in this country (20[2])centers on whether it applied lessons from the (*) Herero genocide (10[3])to Europe. (10[2]0[1])This (10[1])country’s “November (10[1])criminals” (10[1])were denounced (10[2]0[1])in its “stab-in-the-back” myth. (10[3])Barbara (10[1])Tuchman’s (10[2])The Guns of (10[1])August (10[1]0[1])describes how this country failed to execute the Schlieffen Plan (10[2])after (10[1])being (10[4])defeated (10[1])at the Battle of the Marne (0[1])in 1914. For 10 points, name this country once ruled by Adolf Hitler. (10[3])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Germany [or Federal Republic of Germany or Deutschland; reject “Prussia”]
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