GERMAN DEMOCRACY: FROM POST-WORLD WAR II TO THE PRESENT DAY

the long version

"When the former allies of World War II divided Germany into two provisional states, no one would have predicted that this would last for nearly half a century. Nor could anyone have predicted that sixty years later, Germany would have shaken off its Nazi past so thoroughly as to emerge as a key player in Western politics." "Gert-Joachim Glaessner explains this historic transformation and provides an in-depth introduction to the German political system, its foundations and developments since 1949. Demonstrating how Germany went from political pariah to a model of modern liberal democracy, Galessner offers a concise overview of the German political system in the post-war period."--Jacket.