Professor Joe Bailey (Kingston University, UK)

`Eley is one of the most interesting, trenchant and controversial historians of Germany.’ Paul Kennedy`Eley is perhaps the most original and exciting historian working in the field of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century German history…’ Richard J. Evans

• Chapter 1 A New Sense of Danger; Chapter 2 The Social State of Mind; Chapter 3 The Concept of Pessimism; Chapter 4 The end of Progress; Chapter 5 Utopias; Chapter 6 Futures; Chapter 7 The Main Danger: Nuclear War; Chapter 8 More Dangers: Food and Nuclear Energy; Chapter 9 New Movements?; concl Conclusion;

Professor Joe Bailey (Kingston University, UK)

`Eley is one of the most interesting, trenchant and controversial historians of Germany.’ Paul Kennedy`Eley is perhaps the most original and exciting historian working in the field of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century German history…’ Richard J. Evans

• Chapter 1 A New Sense of Danger; Chapter 2 The Social State of Mind; Chapter 3 The Concept of Pessimism; Chapter 4 The end of Progress; Chapter 5 Utopias; Chapter 6 Futures; Chapter 7 The Main Danger: Nuclear War; Chapter 8 More Dangers: Food and Nuclear Energy; Chapter 9 New Movements?; concl Conclusion;