Germany: A Short History

Over forty years have passed since the end of the Second World War and Hitler's third Reich. Since 1970 a complex series of international and intra-German agreements has gone a long way toward defining the international status and reciprocal relations of the two German states and Berlin. This network of accords represents a tentative stabilization of central Europe and as such, a milestone in German history. The purpose of this book is to look back and trace Germany's path to this milestone.