The author Wolfgang Effenberger (Germany)
Wolfgang Effenberger was born in Lohne (Lower Saxony) in 1946, shortly after his parents were expelled from Silesia after the Second World War. He completed officer training in the German army, which he began at the age of 18, and studied to become a civil engineer.
As a pioneer officer from 1964 to 1976, Wolfgang Effenberger was able to gain an insight into US military strategic considerations in Europe. After subsequently studying political science, civil engineering and maths as a secondary school teacher, he taught at the University of Applied Sciences for Civil Engineering.
He has been a freelance journalist and author since 2000. Effenberger lives in Bavaria and occasionally in Austria.
In recent years, Wolfgang Effenberger has demonstrated an admirable research activity and creative power. He is one of Germany's leading authorities on international history, geopolitics, the history of war and peace policy, as well as on power and power structures.
Effenberger is often invited to speak at peace events and corresponding rallies or conferences.
Wolfgang Effenberger not only demonstrates his comprehensive and profound knowledge in his often monumental books, but also as an entertaining and stimulating dialogue partner and in speeches. However, the topics he deals with are bitterly serious and never light, let alone amusing.
The power, oppression, colonial and war policies of the United Kingdom and the British Empire as well as the USA and the powerful string-pullers in the background are the common thread running through his books. At no point does Effenberger indulge in conjecture or assumptions, but rather fully substantiates his descriptions with countless sources from his research.
Books by Wolfgang Effenberger:
Note: Even though the titles may appear in your language in the translations here, the books have so far taken precedence only in German language have been published. If a publisher is interested in publishing one of the books in translation, please write to me!
"Pillars of US power, seafaring mentality and Puritanism", 2005
"The American Century - Part 1: The Hidden Side of the Cold War" Paperback, 2011
"The American Century - Part 2: The Return of Geo-Imperialism?"
Co-authored with Willy Wimmer: "The return of the hasbardeurs: shadow strategists, warmongers, silent profiteers in 1914 and today", 2014
"They wanted war: How a small British elite prepared for the First World War", 2016; co-authored with an international group of authors, edited by Jim Macgregor
Co-author Reuven Moskovitz: "Germans and Jews before 1939: Stages and testimonies of a difficult relationship", 2016
"Geo-imperialism: The destruction of the world", 2016
The trilogy "Europe's doom 14/18" from 2018 with the respective subtitles: "Critical Anglo-American voices on the history of the First World War", "The masters of money reach for world power", "Revolution, soviet turmoil and Versailles"
The last two books by Effenberger
„Black Book EU & NATO: Why the world cannot find peace"; Zeitgeist, 2020
"The underestimated power. From geopolitics to biopolitics - plutocrats are transforming the world"; Zeitgeist; 2022
