Is history an endless repetition of rise and fall? In his world-famous foundational work, Francis Fukuyama explains why he believes that liberal democracy represents the endpoint of history.

In the summer of 1989, an article by an unknown political scientist in the magazine The National Interest electrified the world. It sparked controversies that reached the editorial pages of various newspapers. Francis Fukuyama had declared The End of History as the victory of liberalism. Shortly thereafter, the wall actually fell. The subsequent book became a worldwide bestseller in 1992 and remains one of the most cited works in political science to this day.

Those who want to form their own opinion about this often controversial and misunderstood classic now finally have the opportunity to read The End of History in its original form, now for the first time including an afterword by the author that has never before been translated into German.