"Man has always been ill and always will be." from "How Can the Germans Be Cured?"

The Only Way: How to Change the German Mind details author Karl Barth's theories on German politics and history and confronts "the problem with Germany." In successive articles and letters, Barth analyzes the rise of Nazism and Hitler's power to understand German guilt and connect history to present-day Germany.

This edition was translated from the German by Marta K. Neufeld and Ronald Gregor Smith.

Karl Barth was an influential Swiss philosopher, theologian, and author. He wrote The Epistle to the Romans, Church Dogmatics, The Humanity of God and countless essays, articles, and lectures.