Wilfried Loth

Stalin's Unwanted Child

The Soviet Union, the German Question and the Founding of the Gdr

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

How did Germany come to be divided during the Cold War? The renowned German historian Wilfired Loth has examined the archives of the Eastern side and comes to fascinating conclusions. He demonstrates that Stalin wanted neither a separate state on the soil of the Soviet Occupation Zone nor a socialist state in Germany at all. Instead, Stalin sought a joint administration of Germany by the victorious powers, a Germany along the lines of the Weimar Republic. The socialist separate state of the GDR is primarily the product of Walter Ulbricht's revolutionary zeal, which was able to unfold in the context of the Western walling-off policy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Macmillan Education / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-312-21028-1
• 1998
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Mai 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 142mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 470g
• ISBN-13: 9780312210281
• ISBN-10: 0312210280
• Artikelnr.: 22119664

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction - A Program for Germany - First Setbacks - From Paris to London - The Cominform Line - Zigzag to the Eastern State - Between Two Goals - Ulbricht's Revolution - Balance: How the GDR Came to Be - Epilogue to the English Edition - Endnotes - Abbreviations - Bibliography - Chronology - Index

Rezensionen

'An interpretation which should and must have great repercussions in the scholarly and public discussion.' - Professor Jost Dulffer, Handelsblatt

'A highly-recommendable book.' - Professor Hulmut Grieser, Das Historisch-Politische Buch