1. The Founders' Generation: 1870-1890 The Fabric of Society: Economic and Political Power Struggles. The Kulturkampf. Im Mittelpunkt: Ludwig Windthorst (1821 - 1891). Economic and Social Developments. Im Mittelpunkt: Gerson Bleichrader (1822 - 1893). Social Legislation and Antisocialist Laws. Foreign Relations. The End of the Era and Bismarck's Dismissal
2. Wihelminian Germany, 1890 - 1914 Parties, Lobbies, and Patriotic Organizations. Im Mittelpunkt: Eduard Bernstein (1850 - 1932). Political Issues and Personalities. Economic Developments. Literature, Art, and Society. Im Mittelpunkt: Theodor Fontane (1819 - 1898). Foreign Relations. Germany on the Eve of World War I.
3. The First World War, 1914-1918. The Outbreak of War
Military Developments. Im Mittelpunkt: Erich Ludendorff (1865 - 1937). Domestic Policies: Reform, Repression, and Revolution. Im Mittelpunkt: Georg von Hertling (1843 - 1919). War and Society. Conclusion
4. Revolution, Inflation, and Putsches: The Search for a New Consensus, 1918-1023 Revolution. Im Mittelpunkt: Friedrich Ebert (1871 - 1925). The Weimar Constitution. Im Mittelpunkt: Rosa Luxemburg (1870 - 1919). The Treaty of Versailles. Economic and Social Problems. Counterrevolution. Foreign Relations. Conclusion.
5. Fools' Gold: The Weimar Republic, 1924-1930 The Search for the Elusive Consensus. Im Mittelpunkt: Wilhelm Marx (1883 - 1946). Economic and Social Developments. Weimar Culture. Im Mittelpunkt: Kurt Weill (1900 - 1950). Foreign Relations. The Collapse of the Economy and the End of Parliamentary Democracy
6.From Authoritarianism to Totalitarianism, 1930-1938 The Rule of the New Conservatives. Im Mittelpunkt: Heinrich Braning (1885 - 1970). The Nazis' Rise to Power. Gleichschaltung: The Establishment of Nazi Totalitarianism. Im Mittelpunkt: Ernst Rahm (1887 - 1934). Foreign Relations. Conclusion
7. Conquest, Death, and Defeat, 1938-1945. Further Growth of the Nazi Fahrer State. Im Mittelpunkt: Gertrud Scholtz-Klink (1902 - ). Triumph and Fall. Nazi Rule in Europe. The Holocaust. Im Mittelpunkt: Viktor Klemperer (1881 - 1960). Economy and Society. The End of the Third Reich.
8. "Condominium of the Allied Powers," 1945-1949 The German Resistance: Strengths and Delusions. Allied Visions and Plans, 1941 -
1945. Im Mittelpunkt: Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906 - 1945). The Immediate Legacy of the Third Reich: The Reality of Zero Hour. Reparations and Economic Recovery. Exorcising the Evil: De-Nazification and Re-education. Revival of Administrative, Political, and Cultural Life. The Cold War and the Division of Germany. Im Mittelpunkt: Carlo Schmid (1896 - 1979). Conclusion.
9. The Federal Republic of Germany, 1959-1990 The Adenauer Era, 1949 -
1963. The Changing of the Guard, 1963 -
1974. Culture and Society. Troubled 1970s and 1980s. Im Mittelpunkt: Ganter Grass (1927 - ). Im Mittelpunkt: Rita Sassmuth (1937 - ). Conclusion
10. The Germany Democratic Republic, 1949-1990. The Quest for Viability. Im Mittelpunkt: Erich Mielke (1907 - 2000). East Germany in the 1960s. Culture and Society. Conflicting Signals: East Germany under Erich Honecker, 1971 -
1989. Im Mittelpunkt: Christa Wolf (1929 - ). Conclusion.
11. Germany Since Reunification: Euphoria and Disillustionment, 1990-Present Political Developments. Im Mittelpunkt: Roman Herzog (1934 - ). Im Mittelpunkt: Angela Merkel (1954 - ). Economic and Social. Developments. Foreign Policy. German Society at the Beginning of the New Millennium. Problems and Prospects
12. Conclusion Germany, 1816 -
1866. Germany, 1866 -
1918. Germany's Colonial Possessions,
1914. Military Operations of World War I. Germany After WWI. Germany's Expansion, 1933 -
1939. Military Operations of World War II: The German Offensives, 1939 -
1942. Military Operations of World War II: The Allied Offensives, 1943 -
1945. East and West Germany, 1945 -
1990. Germany Since
1990.
