| Contents |
Preface and acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Parsifal at war: the troubled conscience -- The wages of sin: from Stalingrad to the end -- The murderers are among us: from guilt to amnesty -- Making (some) amends: reparation and atonement -- The house of democracy: liberal, within limits -- A new socialist people: the many moralities of the GDR -- Searching for Heimat, East and West -- War and peace: the dilemma of arms -- Strangers at home: the difficulties of difference -- United and divided: the cost of freedom -- In the wide world: Germany at its limits -- Money matters: thrifty, wealthy and unequal -- The circles of care: family, community and state -- Mother nature: loving and trashing -- Epilogue: what is Germany for? -- List of archives and abbreviations -- Notes -- Index. |
| Abstract |
"A gripping and nuanced history of the German people from the Second World War to the present day, including hugely revealing new primary source material on every aspect of its transformation"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Trentmann, Frank. Out of the darkness First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024 9781524732929 |
| Genre/form | History |
| LCCN | 2023013874 |
| ISBN | 9781524732912 |
| ISBN | 1524732915 hardcover |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
| ISBN | 9780241303498 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 0241303494 (hardback) |
| Stock number | Random House Inc, Attn Order Entry 400 Hahn rd, Westminster, MD, USA, 21157 SAN 201-3975 |
