A History of Germany 1918-2018
The Divided Nation
FIFTH EDITION
Mary Fulbrook
This edition first published 2021
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Fontana Ltd. (1e, 1991), Blackwell Publishing Ltd. (2e, 2002), Mary Fulbrook (3e, 2009), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (4e, 2015)
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Fulbrook, Mary, 1951- author.
Title: A history of Germany 1918-2018 : the divided nation / Mary Fulbrook.
Description: Fifth edition. | Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, 2021. | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Contents: Part I. A divided society: the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich -- Part II. The divided nation: the two Germanies, 1945-1990 -- Part III. The divided century.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020047584 (print) | LCCN 2020047585 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119574170 (paperback) | ISBN 9781119574231 (pdf) | ISBN 9781119574248 (epub) | ISBN 9781119574255 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Germany--Politics and government--20th century. | Germany--Politics and government--21st century.
Classification: LCC DD240 .F85 2021 (print) | LCC DD240 (ebook) | DDC 943.087--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020047584
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Table of Contents
1 Content
4 Preface to the Fifth Edition
5 Preface to the Fourth Edition
6 Preface to the Third Edition
7 Preface to the Second Edition
9 Chapter 1: The Course of German History
10 Part I: A Divided Society: The WeimarRepublic and the Third Reich Chapter 2: The Weimar Republic: Origins and Orientations Chapter 3: The Collapse of Democracy and the Rise of Hitler Chapter 4: A ‘National Community’? State, Economy and Society, 1933–1939 Chapter 5: War, Extermination and Defeat
11 Part II: The Divided Nation: The Two Germanies, 1945–1990 Chapter 6: Occupation and Division, 1945–49 Chapter 7: Crystallization and Consolidation, 1949–61 Chapter 8: Transformation and the ‘Established Phase’, 1961–88 Chapter 9: Diverging Societies Chapter 10: Politics and the State Chapter 11: Dissent and Opposition Chapter 12: Diverging Cultures and National Identities? Chapter 13: The East German Revolution and the End of the Postwar Era
12 Part III: The Divided Century Chapter 14: The Berlin Republic