Table of Contents

List of maps Preface Abbreviations Prologue: Germany before 1814 1. Reform postponed: 1814-1871 2. Imperial adventure: 1871-1918 3. Weimar – a scapegoat republic: 1918-1933 4. Chaotic dictatorship and genocidal war: 1933-1945 5. Parting of the ways: 1945-1949 6. Rehabilitation, restoration and reform: West Germany, 1949-1989 7.‘Auferstanden aus Ruinen’: East Germany, 1949-1989 8. Two into one: uniting Germany, 1969-1990 9. Germany and Austria in a united Europe, 1990-2014 Further reading Useful internet sites for historians of Germany and Austria Index/Glossary

About the Author

Mark Allinson is Senior Lecturer in German History at the University of Bristol, UK. His research focuses on the history of the German Democratic Republic and other aspects of the political and social histories of modern Germany and Austria.