A history of Germany, 1918 - 2008

• Verfasst von: Fulbrook, Mary
• Titel: A history of Germany, 1918 - 2008
• Titelzusatz: the divided nation
• Verf.angabe: Mary Fulbrook
• Ausgabe: 3. ed., 1. publ.
• Verlagsort: Chichester, UK [u.a.]
• Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
• E-Jahr: 2009
• Jahr: c 2009
• Umfang: XIII, 386 S
• Illustrationen: Ill., Kt
• Format: 23 cm
• Fussnoten: Previously published under the titles: The divided nation ; Formerly CIP ; Previously published under the title: The divided nation. - Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 1-4051-8814-6
• ISBN: 978-1-4051-8814-2
• Schlagwörter: (g)Deutschland / (z)Geschichte 1918-2008
• Schlagwörter: (g)Deutschland / (z)Geschichte 1918-2008
• Schlagwörter: (g)Deutschland / (z)Geschichte 1918-1949
• Schlagwörter: (g)Deutschland <Bundesrepublik> / (g)Deutschland <DDR> / (z)Geschichte
• Schlagwörter: (s)Wiedervereinigung <Deutschland> / (s)Deutsche Frage / (z)Geschichte
• Sprache: eng
• Sonstige Nr.: Identnummer: 2008038570
• RVK-Notation: NQ 1069
• RVK-Notation: MG 15030
• K10plus-PPN: 574819169

Abstract

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.