1. The Roman Empire and German Lands (to 1400) -- 2. Transitions (1400-1648) -- 3. Twilight of the Empire (1648-1806) -- 4. The Birth of the German Nation (1806-1848) -- 5. Blood and Iron (1848-1871) -- 6. German Possibilities: A Digression -- 7. A Nation State in the Center of Europe (1871-1890) -- 8. Unification and the Dream of World Power (1890-1914) -- 9. The Great War and Its Aftermath (1914-1923) -- 10. Weimar: Brief Glory and Decline (1924-1933) -- 11. German Megalomania (1933-1942) -- 12. The End of the Third Reich and a New Beginning (1942-1949) -- 13. A Divided Nation (1949-1990) -- 14. Epilogue: What Is the German's Fatherland?
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-345) and index
