A comprehensive, accessible, and authoritative account of the party systems of modern Germany, this book covers the period from 1945 to the present.

The first full-scale analysis of the history of German reunification, with a particular emphasis on social policy, showing how the transfer of the West German social policy framework to the East intensified the crisis of the German welfare state.

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"This is a first-rate contribution to the history of science and--in view of the central importance of physics for modern civilization--to the history of the twentieth century in general."--Spencer R. Weart, Center for History of Physics at the American Institute of Physics

This first book of a two-volume account of Hitler's domination of the German people brings readers closer than ever before to the character of the bizarre misfit. Photos.