1. The Course of German History PART ONE: A DIVIDED SOCIETY: THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC AND THE THIRD REICH 2. The Weimar Republic: origins and orientations, 1918-33 3. The Collapse of Democracy and the Rise of Hitler 4. A 'National Community'? State, economy and society, 1933-9 5. War, Extermination and Defeat PART TWO: THE DIVIDED NATION: THE TWO GERMANIES, 1945-90 6. Occupation and Division, 1945-9 7. Crystallization and Consolidation, 1949-61 8. Transformation and the 'Established Phase', 1961-88 9. Diverging Societies 10. Politics and the State 11. Dissent and Oppostion 12. Diverging Cultures and National Identities? 13. The East German Revolution and the End of the Post-war Era PART THREE: THE DIVIDED CENTURY 14. Tension and Transformation in Twentieth-century Germany Reference Notes Select Bibliography Index