Germany
Polity Press · Print & ebook · November 18, 2025
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- Who it’s for
- A history of postwar Germany examines its transformation, commonalities, and continuing political challenges.
- Genres
- German History, Holocaust History, European Politics
- Published
- Polity Press, November 18, 2025
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Few countries are more haunted by the darker aspects of their history than Germany. Nazi crimes continue to cast a long shadow at home and abroad. Germans have nevertheless managed to put their violent, genocidal past behind them, creating a peaceful and prosperous democracy at the heart of Europe. In this refreshing book, Andrew I. Port tells the story of that extraordinary transformation.
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Tracing the histories of the Eastern and Western halves of postwar Germany in tandem, he highlights their obvious differences and unexpected commonalities. This novel approach explains not only the country’s many accomplishments since the fall of the Berlin Wall, but also the challenges it has faced – from the difficulty of unifying two distinct societies to violent forms of xenophobia and the rise of extremist parties. Whether the Federal Republic remains a stable and successful power is the new "German Question" of the twenty-first century.
Postwar Germany
A history of postwar Germany examines its transformation, commonalities, and continuing political challenges.
Come here for
- Eastern and Western Germany traced in tandem
- The challenges of unification and postwar democracy
Expect
- The legacies of Nazi crimes and the fall of the Berlin Wall
- Xenophobia, extremist parties, and the twenty-first-century German Question
Where it sits
| German History | 100% |
|---|---|
| Holocaust History | 25% |
| European Politics | 17% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- German History
- Comparative Politics
- Authors
- Andrew I. Port
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Published
- November 18, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- German History