Germany
Book • 2025
Andrew I. Port's Germany offers a compact, readable history of the country from 1945 to the present, emphasizing the twin trajectories of East and West Germany.
Port uses the lens of disunity to explain postwar political division and then examines similarities and differences between the two states to illuminate the challenges of unification.
The book discusses Germany's transformation from a pariah after World War II into a prosperous democracy and major international actor, while also treating issues like xenophobia and the rise of the far right.
Written for a general audience as part of Polity Histories, it distills decades of scholarship and Port's own experience living and researching in Germany.
The volume situates current debates — including military spending and political extremism — as a new “German Question” for the twenty-first century.
Port uses the lens of disunity to explain postwar political division and then examines similarities and differences between the two states to illuminate the challenges of unification.
The book discusses Germany's transformation from a pariah after World War II into a prosperous democracy and major international actor, while also treating issues like xenophobia and the rise of the far right.
Written for a general audience as part of Polity Histories, it distills decades of scholarship and Port's own experience living and researching in Germany.
The volume situates current debates — including military spending and political extremism — as a new “German Question” for the twenty-first century.
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