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Book SynopsisDavid Williamson is a former head of History and is now a freelance writer and lecturer. He has written widely on German and international history.
Table of ContentsList 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 Glossary and Abbreviations Index.
