A History of Twentieth-Century Germany

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Ulrich Herbert (Professor of History, Professor of History, University of Freiburg)

A History of Twentieth-Century Germany

Ulrich Herbert (Professor of History, Professor of History, University of Freiburg)

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Oxford University Press
30 September 2019

History; European history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; First World War; Second World War

Germany in the 20th century endured two world wars, a failed democracy, Hitler's dictatorship, the Holocaust, and a country divided for 40 years after World War II. But it has also boasted a strong welfare state, affluence, liberalization and globalization, a successful democracy, and the longest period of peace in European history. A History of Twentieth-Century Germany provides a survey of German history during a century of extremes. Ulrich Herbert sees German history in the 20th century as determined by two contradictory perspectives. On one hand, there are the world wars and great catastrophes that divide the country's history into two parts-before and after 1945. Germany is the birthplace of radical ideologies of the left and right and the only country in which each ideology became the foundation of government. This pattern left its stamp on both the first and second halves of the century. On the other hand, the rise of modern industrial society led to decades of conflict over the social and political order regardless of which political system was in force. Considering these contradictory developments, Herbert tackles the questions of both the collapse in the first half of the century and the development from a post-fascist, ruined society to one of the most stable liberal democracies in the world in the latter half.

Herbert's analysis brings together wars and terror, utopia and politics, capitalism and the welfare state, socialism and liberal democratic society, gender and generations, culture and lifestyles, European integration and globalization. The resulting book sets a standard by which historians of the period will be measured in the future.

By: Ulrich Herbert (Professor of History Professor of History University of Freiburg)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 243mm, Width: 165mm, Spine: 61mm
Weight: 1.878kg
ISBN: 9780190070649
ISBN 10: 0190070641
Pages: 1008
Publication Date: 30 September 2019
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ulrich Herbert is the chair for Modern History at the University of Freiburg and former Director of the School of History at the Freiburg Institute of Advanced Studies. He was awarded the Leibniz Prize of Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft in 1999 and has published numerous works on German and European history in the 20th century. He is the editor of the ten-volume book series European History in the 20th Century and the twenty-four volume Modern Times series.

Reviews for A History of Twentieth-Century Germany

This book is an incredible resource for modern historians in all fields for their research due to Herbert's' extensive research on all countries and their relationship with Germany in the 20th century. By synthesizing such a wide range of sources, including a 50-page bibliography for other researchers to use, and drawing connections between seemingly random events, Herbert's book provides a nearly complete telling of twentieth century German history. * Kyra Dezjot, Kean University, New England Journal of History *