Germany, 1871-1945
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Germany, 1871-1945

A Concise History

  1. 264 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Germany, 1871-1945

A Concise History

About this book

Germany, 1871-1945 presents an original, lucid, and thought-provoking history. Its aim is to inspire readers to weigh the historical evidence. At the end of the Second World War, the first unified German state collapsed, a disintegration with European and global ramifications. Ever since, historians have sought to explain what went wrong in German history. Many have focused on the violence which forged unification; others have highlighted the clash of authoritarian, anti-democratic, and anti-Semitic traditions with rapid industrialization and modernization. Germany, 1871-1945 presents a pragmatic interpretation of German history, from the unification to the end of the Nazi regime. This more open approach acknowledges the strong trend in German society towards modernization and democratization, particularly before 1914, while also highlighting the factors which propelled Germany toward World War I. The rise of the Nazis also demands a close analysis of the economic and political instability of the 1920s and early 1930s. Finally, a detailed assessment of the Third Reich explains how the regime's early successes fostered a loyalty and acceptance that remained hard to shake until disaster was obvious and unavoidable.

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Yes, you can access Germany, 1871-1945 by Raffael Scheck in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Geschichte & Europäische Geschichte. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Year
2008
Print ISBN
9781845208172
eBook ISBN
9781847884589

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. List of Illustrations
  3. List of Maps
  4. Preface
  5. 1 Introduction: A Plea for Understanding History in its Openness
  6. 2 German Uni“cation
  7. 3 Germany under Bismarck
  8. 4 Wilhelmine Germany
  9. 5 The First World War
  10. 6 Germany’s First Democracy
  11. 7 Nazi Germany, 1933–9
  12. 8 Germany in the Second World War
  13. Epilogue
  14. Notes
  15. Suggestions for Further Reading
  16. Index