Germany in the Age of Total War - Paperbackby Volker R. Berghahn (Editor), Martin Kitchen (Editor) Originally published in 1981 and now re issued with a new Preface, this book contains contributions on key issues such as the origins of the First World War, the psychological impact of that war on the Germans, the enigmatic personality of Walter Rathenau, anti semitism and paramilitarism, as well as German Ostpolitik during the Weimar period. The collapse of the Weimar Republic is re examined