The eight decades of German history which are the subject of this book have seen upheavals and transformations such as no other country has experienced in so short a space of time. The aim of this study has been to interpret events as well as to narrate them, and the inclusion of economic and cultural as well as political trends helps to present a rounded picture. Unlike most histories of modern Germany, this one does not end in 1945, but brings the story right into the 1970s. Includes an Index.

(Key Words: German History, Germany, A. J. Ryder, Deutschland, Bismarck, Brandt, Federal Republic, Soviet Russia, Europe, Social Democratic Party, Benito Mussolini, Adolf HItler).