History of Germany, 1918-2000

"Traces the dramatic social, cultural and political tensions in Germany since 1918... from the self-destructive Weimar Republic, through the extremes of genocide and military aggression in the Nazi era, to the extraordinary political esperimentation of division of the nation in the Cold War, culminating in the collapse of communist East Germany and unification with capitalist democratic West Germany in 1990."--Publisher's description.