William Carr was Professor of History at the University of Sheffield, UK. A former Chairman of the German History Society, Professor Carr authored numerous books on German history, including Arms, Autarky and Aggression: Study in German Foreign Policy, 1933-39 (1972), Hitler: A Study in Personality and Politics (1986) and The Origins of the Wars of German Unification (1991). The 4th edition of his classic textbook, A History of Germany 1815-1990, was published in 1991.

This book remains the best single-volume history of modern Germany.

• Preface1. Restoration Germany 1815-18472. The Revolution of 1848-18493. Germany in the 1850s4. The Unification of Germany 1862-18705. The Development of the German Empire 1871-18906. Bismarck’s Foreign Policy 1871-18907. The Germany of William II 1890-19148. The Foreign Policy of Imperial Germany 1890-19149. Germany at War 1914-191810. The German Revolution 1918-192011. The Weimar Republic: The Critical Years 1919-192412. The Rise and Fall of the Weimar Republic 1924-193313. National Socialist Germany 1933-194514. Foreign Policy and War 1933-194515. The Two Germanies16. The German Revolution 1989-90BibliographyIndex