West Germany
eBook - ePub

West Germany

A Contemporary History

  1. 304 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

West Germany

A Contemporary History

About this book

First Published in 1982 West Germany presents a new approach to the study of contemporary Germany. The past history of the country is used to explain its present state, since the roots of many of the events of this century can be found as far back as the Middle Ages. In order to understand Germany's relative backwardness in the nineteenth century, it is vital to have some conception of her medieval history, and likewise the descriptions of the constitutions of 1871 and 1919 help to explain why the Basic Law of 1949 took the form it did.

The form the book takes is slightly unusual, in that the amount of space devoted to an epoch increases as the present-day approaches, but this is consistent with the aim of the book. This is an important historical document for scholars and researchers of German history and European history.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2023
Print ISBN
9781032526997
eBook ISBN
9781000908213
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Original Title Page
  5. Original Copyright Page
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Preface
  8. 1. From Tribe to National State: the First Reich
  9. 2. The Second Reich, 1871-1918
  10. 3. The First Attempt at Democracy, 1918-1933
  11. 4. The Third Reich, 1933-1945
  12. 5. The Post-war Settlement, 1943-1945
  13. 6. Towards Two Germanies, 1945-1948
  14. 7. Crisis and Miracle, 1948-1949
  15. 8. The German Republics Are Founded, 1948-1949
  16. 9. Rearmament and the Restoration of Sovereignty, 1949-1955
  17. 10. Adenauer’s High Noon, 1955-1961
  18. 11. The Erhard Interlude, 1961-1966
  19. 12. The Great Coalition, 1966-1969
  20. 13. The Brandt Government, 1969-1974
  21. 14. The Schmidt Government, 1974-1980
  22. 15. A Look Forward
  23. Annexe: The Current West German Voting System for Federal Elections
  24. Statistical Appendix
  25. Notes
  26. Further Reading
  27. Index