History of Germany 1918 - 2014 (eBook)

Mary Fulbrook is Dean of the Faculty of Social andHistorical Sciences at University College London (UCL). She wasfounding Joint Editor of German History, and has served asChair of the German History Society as well as Chair of the ModernHistory Section of the British Academy. Her books includeAnatomy of a Dictatorship: Inside the GDR, 1949-1989(1995), German National Identity After the Holocaust (1999),Interpretations of the Two Germanies, 1945-1990(Second Edition, 2000), Historical Theory (2002), AConcise History of Germany (Second Edition, 2004), ThePeople's State: East German Society from Hitler toHonecker (2005), Dissonant Lives: Generations and Violencethrough the German Dictatorships (2011), and the Fraenkel Prizewinning A Small Town near Auschwitz: Ordinary Nazis and theHolocaust (2012).

List of Plates vii

List of Maps ix

Preface to the Fourth Edition x

Preface to the Third Edition xi

Preface to the Second Edition xii

Acknowledgements xiv

1 The Course of German History 1

Part I A Divided Society: The Weimar Republic and the ThirdReich 13

2 The Weimar Republic: Origins and Orientations 15

3 The Collapse of Democracy and the Rise of Hitler 40

4 A 'National Community'? State, Economy andSociety, 1933-1939 57

5 War, Extermination and Defeat 80

Part II The Divided Nation: The Two Germanies,1945-1990 111

6 Occupation and Division, 1945-1949 113

7 Crystallization and Consolidation, 1949-1961 142

8 Transformation and the 'Established Phase',1961-1988 164

9 Diverging Societies 183

10 Politics and the State 200

11 Dissent and Opposition 217

12 Diverging Cultures and National Identities? 237

13 The East German Revolution and the End of the Postwar Era259

Part III The Divided Century 281

14 The Berlin Republic 283

15 Tension and Transformation in Twentieth-century Germany301

Notes 319

Select Bibliography of English-language Works 337

Index 345

"Fulbrook's History of Germany is an excellent overview,clearly presented, and well written. Of particular strength is itscoverage of East Germany, which is comprehensive and balanced. Iteffectively complements primary source readings, lectures, and morespecialized articles. This fourth edition extends the coverage ofevents up through the present, and incisively covers thehistoriographical debates of recent years as well."--DavidG. Tompkins, Carleton College "This new edition is an indispensable guide to Germany'stortured 20th century history. Mary Fulbrook combines a stronghistorical narrative with in-depth historiographical analysis, andnever loses sight of the human dimension."--MarkAllinson, University of Bristol