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Index
Cover
Title page
Copyright page
Plates
Maps
Preface to the Fourth Edition
Preface to the Third Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Acknowledgements
1 The Course of German History
Part I: A Divided Society
2 The Weimar Republic
Germany in the Early Twentieth Century
The ‘Last Revolution from Above'
The Incomplete Revolution of November 1918
The Weimar Constitution and the Treaty of Versailles
Political Unrest and Economic Chaos
Apparent Stabilization, 1924–1929
The Golden Twenties? Society and Culture in the Weimar Republic
3 The Collapse of Democracy and the Rise of Hitler
The Flawed Compromise
The Rise of the NSDAP
Economic Crises and the Collapse of Democracy
Hitler's Path to Power
4 A ‘National Community'?
Gleichschaltung and Hitler's State
Society, Culture and Everyday Life
Economy and Society
The Radicalization of the Regime
5 War, Extermination and Defeat
Mass Extermination and the Holocaust
Resistance and Defeat
Part II: The Divided Nation
6 Occupation and Division, 1945–1949
The Allies and the Framework of Political Life
The Democratization of German Politics?
Denazification and Re-education
Economic Revival and Transformation
The Cold War and the Division of Germany
7 Crystallization and Consolidation, 1949–1961
The Constitution and Political System of the Federal Republic
The Constitution and Political System of the GDR
The Problem of Missed Opportunities, 1949–1961
Foreign Relations
Adenauer's Germany
Ulbricht's Germany, 1949–1961
8 Transformation and the ‘Established Phase', 1961–1988
East Germany in the 1960s
Ostpolitik and Mutual Recognition
West Germany in the 1970s and 1980s
East Germany under Honecker
9 Diverging Societies
Standards of Living
Education and Socialization in the Two Germanies
Women and the Family in the Two Germanies
10 Politics and the State
The Political System of the GDR
The West German Political System
The State, the Army and Law and Order
11 Dissent and Opposition
Dissent and Opposition in East Germany
Mass Protest and Isolated Intellectuals
The Church and the Proliferation of Dissent
Dissent and Opposition in West Germany
12 Diverging Cultures and National Identities?
Aspects of Cultural Life
The Divided Nation: National Identities and Historical Consciousness in the Two Germanies
Changing Patterns of Political Culture
German National Identities and Political Cultures: Conclusions
13 The East German Revolution and the End of the Postwar Era
The ‘Gentle Revolution', 26 August–9 November 1989
The Opening of the Floodgates and the Deflected Revolution
The End of a Divided Nation?
Part III: The Divided Century
14 The Berlin Republic
Social and Political Transformations
United Germany in broader context
The Unexpected Afterlife of the GDR
The Past that Still Refuses to Pass Away?
15 Tension and Transformation in Twentieth-century Germany
The Role of the Third Reich
The Double Transformation: The Two Germanies, 1945–1989
The View from the Twenty-first Century
Select Bibliography of English-language Works
General Works Covering All or a Substantial Part of the Period
Weimar Germany and the Third Reich
East and West Germany 1945‒1990
Unification and Germany since 1990
Index
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