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Germany, Federal Republic of
For younger readers | German Literature | German Politics, Society, and Culture | Germany: History
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For younger readers
Ayer, Eleanor. Germany: In the Heartland of Europe. Marshall Cavendish, 1995. For readers in grades 4 to 6.
Blashfield, Jean K. Germany. Children's Press, 2003. For readers in grades 6 to 9.
Nickles, Greg, and Niki Walker. Germany. Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 2001. For readers in grades 4 to 8.
German Literature
Furness, Raymond, and Malcolm Humble, eds. A Companion to Twentieth Century German Literature. Routedge, 1997. Surveys the work of over 400 contemporary authors of German-speaking countries.
Garland, Henry, and Mary Garland. The Oxford Companion to German Literature. Oxford, 1997. Covers literature, philosophy, culture.
Sagarra, Eda, and Peter N. Skrine. A Companion to German Literature: From 1500 to the Present. Blackwell, 1997, 1999. Thorough study of the development of literary culture in the German-speaking countries of Europe.
Schlant, Ernestine. The Language of Silence: West German Literature and the Holocaust. Routledge, 1999. An examination of what Germans have not been writing about since World War II and why.
Stoehr, Ingo Roland. German literature of the Twentieth Century: From Aestheticism to Postmodernism. Camden House, 2000. Traces literary development in the German-speaking countries from 1900 to the present.
Watanabe-O'Kelly, Helen, ed. The Cambridge History of German Literature. Cambridge University Press, 1997, 2000. Encyclopedic chronicle of German literature.
Weedon, Chris, ed. Post-War Women's Writing in German: Feminist Critical Approaches. Berghahn, 1997. Comprehensive coverage of often overlooked contemporary female authors.
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German Politics, Society, and Culture
Chapin, Wesley D. Germany for the Germans? The Political Effects of International Migration. Greenwood, 1997. The political history of German immigration in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Craig, Gordon A. The Germans. New American Library, 1991. National characteristics molded by culture and history.
Flint, David. Germany. Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1994. Examines various aspects of Germany, including population, culture, and industries. For middle school readers.
Hanrieder, Wolfram F. Germany, America, Europe: Forty Years of German Foreign Policy. Yale University Press, 1988. 
Maier, Charles S. Dissolution: The Crisis of Communism and the End of East Germany. Princeton University Press, 1997. A political history of East Germany, focusing on the events of 1989.
McAdams, A. James. Germany Divided: From the Wall to Reunification. Princeton University Press, 1993. Studies the 40-year relationship between the two Germanies and the problems of unity in present-day Germany.
Nicholls, Anthony James. The Bonn Republic: West German Democracy, 1945-1990. Longman, 1997. Study of the politics and economic conditions of West Germany.
Taylor, Ronald S. Literature and Society in Germany. Barnes & Noble, 1980. Effects of radical social change on authors and their works.
Willett, Ralph. Americanization of Germany, 1945-1949. Routledge, 1989. American cultural influences and the U.S. postwar occupation.
Zelikow, Philip D. Germany Unified and Europe Transformed: A Study in Statecraft. Harvard University Press, 1995. Examines the events that led to German reunification.
Germany: History
Ayer, Eleanor H.; Helen Waterford; and Alfons Heck. Parallel Journeys. Simon & Schuster, 1995. The true stories of Helen, a Jewish girl, and Alfons, a boy who joined the Hitler Youth. As adults, they publicly speak about the horrors of World War II and the importance of peace. For middle school and high school readers.
Barnouw, Dagmar. Germany 1945. Indiana University Press, 1997. A study of postwar Germany through Allied and German photographs.
Bessel, Richard. Germany after the First World War. Oxford University Press, 1993. Study of the effect of World War II on German society.
Carr, William. A History of Germany, 1815-1990. Routledge, 1992. 
Corum, James S. The Luftwaffe: Creating the Operational Air War: 1918-1940. University Press of Kansas, 1997. The story of the German air force that secretly reformed itself after World War I to become a formidable force in World War II.
Craig, Gordon A. Germany, 1866-1945. Oxford University Press, 1978. Political and military history through defeat in World War II.
Dulffer, Jost.  Nazi Germany, 1933-1945: Faith and Annihilation. St. Martin's, 1996. A study of the Third Reich.
Fuhrmann, Horst. Germany in the High Middle Ages. Cambridge University Press, 1986. An examination of Germany's political history from 1050 to 1200.
Heyes, Eileen. Children of the Swastika: The Hitler Youth. Millbrook, 1993. A description of the Nazi youth organization designed to foster devotion to the Nazi Party. For high school readers.
Holborn, Hajo. A History of Modern Germany. Princeton University Press, 1989. Standard, comprehensive history from the Reformation to 1945; first published in the 1960s.
Nicholls, A. J. Weimar and the Rise of Hitler. St. Martin's, 1991. Concise political history.
Schoonover, Thomas D. Germany in Central America: Competitive Imperialism, 1821-1929. University of Alabama Press, 1998. Germany's role in Central American history.
Spencer, William. Germany Then and Now. Watts, 1994. Two thousand years of German history. For middle school and high school readers.
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