TWELVE YEARS HAVE PASSED since Germany: A Short History
was first published. The gratifying interest in the book led to five
printings of the first edition.

In this second edition, the final chapter and the chronology have
been extended to provide coverage of developments since the
mid-1970s, but the body of the main text remains unchanged. The
bibliographical essay has been expanded to about twice its original
length: current material on the recent past was added, new publica-
tions on earlier German history were cited, and a number of titles on
German cultural history were included. Work on the bibliography,
with the collaboration of Ilse E. Detwiler, was facilitated by just
having completed a book-length annotated bibliography on West
Germany. ^*

I wish to acknowledge the cooperation of Morris Library and the
support of the Office of Research Development and Administration,
both at Southern Illinois University.

DONALD S. DETWILER

Carbondale, Illinois
January 1988

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