The story of Germany, a key player in global diplomatic and economic affairs, is crucial to our understanding of global history and the contemporary world. Covering more than 2,000 years of history, A Brief History of Germany provides a concise account of the events, people, and special customs and traditions that have shaped Germany from ancient times to the present.

Table of Contents

• List of Illustrations
• List of Maps
• List of Abbreviations
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Prehistoric Germany
• Germania: Barbarian Germany
• Medieval Germany
• Reformation Germany
• Confessional Germany and the Thirty Years’ War
• Absolutism and Enlightenment
• Napoleonic Germany and the Revolution of 1848
• Unification and Empire
• The Great War and Weimar Germany
• Nazism and World War II
• The Cold War: Division and Reunification
• Contemporary Germany
• Appendixes
• Basic Facts about Germany
• A Brief Chronology of German History
• Bibliography
• Suggested Reading