A History of Germany 1918 - 2008
The Divided Nation
3rd Edition
Published on 10. August 2011
400 pages
978-1-4443-5972-5 (ISBN)
Description
The third edition of A History of Germany traces thedramatic social, cultural, and political tensions in Germany since1918.
* Offers a persuasive interpretation of the dynamics oftwentieth-century German history
* Treats German history from 1918-2008 from the perspective ofdivision and reunification, covering East and West German historyin equal depth
* Covers the self-destructive Weimar Republic, the extremes ofgenocide and military aggression in the Nazi era, the division ofthe nation in the Cold War, and the collapse of communist EastGermany and unification in 1990
* New edition includes updates throughout, especially coveringthe Nazi period and the Holocaust; a new chapter on Germany sincethe 1990s; and a substantially revised and updatedbibliography
* Offers a persuasive interpretation of the dynamics oftwentieth-century German history
* Treats German history from 1918-2008 from the perspective ofdivision and reunification, covering East and West German historyin equal depth
* Covers the self-destructive Weimar Republic, the extremes ofgenocide and military aggression in the Nazi era, the division ofthe nation in the Cold War, and the collapse of communist EastGermany and unification in 1990
* New edition includes updates throughout, especially coveringthe Nazi period and the Holocaust; a new chapter on Germany sincethe 1990s; and a substantially revised and updatedbibliography
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Mary Fulbrook is Professor of German History at University College London (UCL). She was founding Joint Editor of German History, and has served as Chair of the German History Society. She has published widely in German and comparative European history, including a number of edited volumes. Her books include A Concise History of Germany (Second Edition, 2004), Interpretations of the Two Germanies, 1945-1990 (Second Edition, 2000), Anatomy of a Dictatorship: Inside the GDR, 1949-1989 (1995), German National Identity After the Holocaust (1999), Historical Theory (2002) and The People's State: East German Society from Hitler to Honecker (2005).
Content
List of Plates vii
List of Maps viii
Preface to the Third Edition ix
Preface to the Second Edition x
Acknowledgements xii
1 The Course of German History 1
Part I A Divided Society: The Weimar Republic and the ThirdReich
2 The Weimar Republic: Origins and Orientations 15
3 The Collapse of Democracy and the Rise of Hitler 38
4 A 'National Community'? State, Economy and Society,1933-1939 56
5 War, Extermination and Defeat 80
Part II The Divided Nation: The Two Germanies,1945-1990
6 Occupation and Division, 1945-1949 113
7 Crystallization and Consolidation, 1949-1961 143
8 Transformation and the 'Established Phase', 1961-1988167
9 Diverging Societies 187
10 Politics and the State 206
11 Dissent and Opposition 223
12 Diverging Cultures and National Identities? 244
13 The East German Revolution and the End of the Postwar Era267
Part III The Divided Century
14 The Berlin Republic 293
15 Tension and Transformation in Twentieth-century Germany309
Notes 326
Select Bibliography of English-language Works 347
Index 358
List of Maps viii
Preface to the Third Edition ix
Preface to the Second Edition x
Acknowledgements xii
1 The Course of German History 1
Part I A Divided Society: The Weimar Republic and the ThirdReich
2 The Weimar Republic: Origins and Orientations 15
3 The Collapse of Democracy and the Rise of Hitler 38
4 A 'National Community'? State, Economy and Society,1933-1939 56
5 War, Extermination and Defeat 80
Part II The Divided Nation: The Two Germanies,1945-1990
6 Occupation and Division, 1945-1949 113
7 Crystallization and Consolidation, 1949-1961 143
8 Transformation and the 'Established Phase', 1961-1988167
9 Diverging Societies 187
10 Politics and the State 206
11 Dissent and Opposition 223
12 Diverging Cultures and National Identities? 244
13 The East German Revolution and the End of the Postwar Era267
Part III The Divided Century
14 The Berlin Republic 293
15 Tension and Transformation in Twentieth-century Germany309
Notes 326
Select Bibliography of English-language Works 347
Index 358
