Germany since 1789: A Nation Forged and Renewed [Paperback]

This essential text provides a clear and engaging introduction to the history of modern Germany. The updated and expanded new edition now takes the story back to 1789 and brings it right up to the present day, adopting a controversy-led approach throughout. Visual evidence, maps, documents and key event boxes support the text and aid learning.

This essential text provides a clear and engaging introduction to the history of modern Germany. The updated and expanded new edition now takes the story back to 1789 and brings it right up to the present day, adopting a controversy-led approach throughout. Visual evidence, maps, documents and key event boxes support the text and aid learning.

List of Illustrations.- List of Maps.- Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Maps.- PART I: GERMANY UNIFIED, 1789-1871 1. Germany Recast: The French Revolutionary Wars and the Vienna Settlement, 1789-1815.- 2. The Post-War Era, 1815-1847: Restoration and Change..- 3. Revolution and Reaction, 1847-1858.- 4. The Unification of Germany, 1858-1871.- PART II: THE SECOND EMPIRE, 1871-1918 5. Economic, Social and Cultural Transformation.- 6. Domestic Politics from Bismarck to Bethmann Hollweg.- 7. German Foreign Policy, 1871-1914.- 8. Germany at War, 1914-1918.- PART III: THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC AND THE THIRD REICH 9. Revolution and Instability, October 1918-1923?.- 10. Partial Stabilization, 1924-1929.- 11. The Change of Regime: The Collapse of Weimar and the Formation and Consolidation of the Third Reich, 1930-1934.- 12. The Third Reich, 1933-1939.- 13. Expansion, War and Defeat.- PART IV: PARTITION AND UNIFICATION 14. Occupation and Division, 1945-49.- 15. The Cold war and the Two Germanies, 1950-1988.- 16. Domestic Developments in the Two German States, 1949-1963.- 17. The Decades of Challenge: The Two Germanies, 1963-1988.- 18. Reunification and After?.- PART V: ASSESSMENT 19. Is There a German Sonderweg?.- PART VI: DOCUMENTS Notes and References?.- Bibliography?.- GlÛ