The Cambridge Illustrated History of Germany provides what has not been available before: an accessible, single-volume account of German history from earliest times to today, presented both chronologically and thematically. The book succeeds in putting into perspective Germany's complex past without shirking the issues it raises. When did German history begin? Who is a German? How was it possible for such an advanced and civilized state to have been responsible for.

Reprint. originally published 1996. Donated by John M. McCaffrey (See Bookplate).

Beginnings of German history -- From the Ottonians to the Salians -- Hohenstaufen and the late Middle Ages -- Reformation -- Counter-reformation and the Thirty Years War -- Eighteenth century -- Reform, restoration, and reaction -- Unification of Germany -- German Empire -- Weimar Republic -- National socialist Germany -- Germany since 1945 -- Reunification of Germany.