A History of Germany 1918 - 2020. Mary Fulbrook

This edition first published 2021

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      Fontana Ltd. (1e, 1991), Blackwell Publishing Ltd. (2e, 2002), Mary Fulbrook (3e, 2009), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (4e, 2015)

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       Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Names: Fulbrook, Mary, 1951- author.

      Title: A history of Germany 1918-2018 : the divided nation / Mary Fulbrook.

      Description: Fifth edition. | Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, 2021. | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Contents: Part I. A divided society: the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich -- Part II. The divided nation: the two Germanies, 1945-1990 -- Part III. The divided century.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2020047584 (print) | LCCN 2020047585 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119574170 (paperback) | ISBN 9781119574231 (pdf) | ISBN 9781119574248 (epub) | ISBN 9781119574255 (ebook)

      Subjects: LCSH: Germany--Politics and government--20th century. | Germany--Politics and government--21st century.

      Classification: LCC DD240 .F85 2021 (print) | LCC DD240 (ebook) | DDC 943.087--dc23

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