Published in October 2003:
"Germany since 1945", by Pól O'Dochartaigh
(Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003)
Hardback: Stg.49.50 or US$72.00. ISBN 0-333-96471-3
Paperback: Stg.16.99 or US$23.95. ISBN 0-333-96472-1
Description:
Beginning with the day of Nazi Germany's surrender, this book traces the main
political, social and economic developments in occupied Germany, in both German
states right up to 1990, and in reunited Germany. A whole chapter is devoted to the
unification of the country in 1989-90, while the final chapter is the first comprehensive
short survey in English of post-unification Germany, covering the period up to the Iraq
crisis in 2003.
Germany since 1945:
-- offers a comprehensive introduction to every stage in Germany's political, social
and economic development from 1945 right up to the present day;
-- examines, in-depth, both German states, their differences and their similarities, as
well as the period of occupation (1945-9) and the year of unification (1989-90);
-- concludes with the first short survey in English of more than a decade of post-
unification Germany, covering the period right up to the Iraq crisis in spring 2003.
Contents:
Series Editors' Preface
Acknowledgements
Map 1: Germany Under Occupation After 1945
Map 2: Berlin: The Four Sectors
Map 3: Reunified Germany After 1990
Introduction: Germany Before 1945
Defeat and Occupation: 1945-49
Economic Success While Cementing Division: 1949-61
Separate Paths: 1961-69
New Beginnings: 1969-77
Two Nations?: 1977-89
Unification: 1989-1990
United Germany: 1990-2002
Conclusion: A Nation Once Again?
Appendices
Index
The author, Pól O'Dochartaigh, is Senior Lecturer in German at the University of
Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland.
Further information may be obtained from the Palgrave Website at
www.palgrave.com or www.palgrave-usa.com
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