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In Europe's name : Germany and the divided continent / Timothy Garton Ash.
Van Pelt Library DD290.25 .G37 1994
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Garton Ash, Timothy.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Germany--History--Unification, 1990.
- Germany.
- History.
- German reunification question (1949-1990).
- Germany--Politics and government--1945-1990.
- Politics and government.
- Germany--Relations--Europe.
- Relations.
- Europe.
- Europe--Relations--Germany.
- Europe--Politics and government--1989-.
- Physical Description:
- 680 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Vintage Press, 1994.
- Summary:
- For forty-five years Europe was divided, and at the center of that divided continent lay a divided Germany. Throughout that time West German politicians were trying to reunite their sundered country, even as they performed an intricate diplomatic minuet with their European -- and, particularly, their American -- allies and East Germany's Soviet sponsors.
- In this brilliantly nuanced book, one of our most respected authorities on Central Europe tells the story of German reunification. Drawing on sources that range from the files of East Germany's secret police to the personal papers of West German leaders -- and on interviews with such figures as Helmut Kohl, Eduard Shevardnadze, and the imprisoned Erich Honecker -- Garton Ash has produced a panoramic, dramatic, and definitive account of events that are continuing to transform the map of Europe.
- Contents:
- Prologue: European Question
- Which question? 1
- Yalta 5
- A unique divide 6
- Healing? 11
- Chapter I German Answers
- The divided centre 14
- European peace order 16
- Two questions or one? 19
- The European interest 25
- Chapter II Ostpolitik
- Was there one? 28
- In a word 34
- Causes and sources 42
- Chapter III Bonn-Moscow-Berlin
- 'Our most important task' 48
- The road from Berlin 58
- Treaty work 67
- System and crisis 83
- A new book 98
- Chapter IV Germany and Germany
- Foundations 126
- Thoughts, words and deeds 132
- For people and the people 136
- From Germany to Germany 141
- Permanent negotiation 149
- The German Mark 152
- Recognition 162
- Liberalisation through stabilisation? 176
- Stabilisation without liberalisation 185
- Liberation by destabilisation 197
- Success and failure 203
- Chapter V Beyond the Oder
- History and frontiers 216
- Compatriots 231
- Carrots and sticks 244
- Weaving 258
- Stability before liberty 279
- Reconciliation 298
- Chapter VI A Second Ostpolitik
- Social Democrats in the 1980s 312
- Shadow policy 319
- After the event 330
- Chapter VII German Unification
- Refolution and revolution 344
- Peace, agreement and Realpolitik 347
- The last treaty work 354
- Chapter VIII Findings
- German and European 357
- Ostpolitik and the end 362
- German model 371
- Epilogue: European Answers?
- Consequences 378
- European Germany, German Europe 384
- Why Europe? Which Europe? 388
- Beyond Ostpolitik 393
- Possibilities 408
- Unpublished sources 415
- Short titles 417.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [415]-611) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0679755578 :
- OCLC:
- 31414753
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