A. James Mcadams

Germany Divided

From the Wall to Reunification

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Produktbeschreibung

Germany Divided remains one of the most thought-provoking and comprehensive interpretations of the forty-year relationship between East and West Germany and of the problems of contemporary German unity. In this politically controversial and analytically sophisticated account, A. James McAdams dissects the complex process by which East and West German leaders moved over the years from first pursuing the ideal of German unity, to accepting what they believed to be the inescapable reality of division, and then, finally, to meeting the challenges of an unanticipated reunification. This new edition contains an epilogue in which McAdams considers some of the political and economic problems faced by eastern and western Germans as they entered their fourth year of living together.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. August 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 496g
• ISBN-13: 9780691001081
• ISBN-10: 0691001081
• Artikelnr.: 20956587

Autorenporträt

A. James McAdams With a new epilogue by the author

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
I
A Wall between the Germanys
3
Accepting Germany's Division
5
A German-German Consensus
13
II
One Germany, Two Alliances
16
The Soviet Ultimatum
17
East German Uncertainties
23
The Persistence of West German Policy
30
The Evolution of East German Policy
36
Divergent Priorities
44
The Construction of the Wall
49
III
Two Germanys: Confrontation or Accommodation?
56
Changing Surroundings
57
West Germany's Awkward Adaptation
64
The Rigidity of East German Policy
71
Bonn's Breakthrough: The Ostpolitik
79
The End of the Ulbricht Era
87
Two States in Germany?
93
IV
Two German States: New Relations, Bad Relations
96
The Inter-German Dilemma
97
The Benefits of Cooperation
102
Handling Questions of Principle
106
Whither Inter-German Ties: The View from Bonn
113
Whither Inter-German Ties: Retrenchment in the GDR
121
Toward a German-German Deadlock?
126
Inter-German Ties in Question
133
V
Accepting a Divided Germany
134
A Threat from the West
135
An East German Opportunity?
141
The Meeting at Werbellin
147
The "Wende"
152
A German "Coalition of Reason"
158
A New Era between the Germanys
164
A Working Visit to Bonn
173
VI
The Fall of East Germany
175
The Illusion of Success
177
A Path of Least Resistance
185
A New Political Force
193
The West German Response
199
Unity Despite the Germanys
204
VII
Germany without a Wall
207
Inter-German Tensions of a New Type
209
A Liberal Democratic Germany
216
The New Germany and the New Europe
222
App. A. Interview Locations, 1985-1990
229
App. B. GDR Oral History Project Interviews
231
Select Bibliography
233
Index
245

Rezensionen

An outstanding analysis of the changing relations between East and West Germany.