Table of Contents

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 .- Glossary and Abbreviations .- Index.

About the Author

David Williamson is a former head of History and is now a freelance writer and lecturer. He has written widely on German and international history.