HISTORY OF GERMANY 1918 - 2008 - DIVIDED NATION 3E

The third edition of A History of Germany traces the dramatic social, cultural, and political tensions in Germany since 1918.
Offers a persuasive interpretation of the dynamics of twentieth-century German history
Treats German history from 1918-2008 from the perspective of division and reunification, covering East and West German history in equal depth
Covers the self-destructive Weimar Republic, the extremes of genocide and military aggression in the Nazi era, the division of the nation in the Cold War, and the collapse of communist East Germany and unification in 1990
New edition includes updates throughout, especially covering the Nazi period and the Holocaust; a new chapter on Germany since the 1990s; and a substantially revised and updated bibliography

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).

List of Plates.
List of Maps.
Preface to Third Edition.
Preface to the Second Edition.
Acknowledgements.
1. The Course of German History.
Part I: A Divided Society: The Weimar Republic and the Third Reich:.
2. The Weimar Republic: Origins and Orientations.
3. The Collapse of Democracy and the Rise of Hitler.
4. A ‘National Community’? State, Economy and Society, 1933–1939.
5. War, Extermination and Defeat.
Part II: The Divided Nation: The Two Germanies, 1945–1990:.
6. Occupation and Division, 1945–1949.
7. Crystallization and Consolidation, 1949–1961.
8. Transformation and the ‘Established Phase’, 1961–1988.
9. Diverging Societies.
10. Politics and the State.
11. Dissent and Opposition.
12. Diverging Cultures and National Identities?.
13. The East German Revolution and the End of the Postwar Era.
Part III: The Divided Century:.
14. The Berlin Republic.
15. Tension and Transformation in Twentieth-century Germany.
Notes.
Select Bibliography of English-language Works.
Index