Friendly enemies : Britain and the GDR, 1949/1990 / Stefan Berger and Norman LaPorte.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berger, Stefan.

Contributor:

Laporte, Norman.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cold War.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--Germany (East).

Great Britain.

Germany (East)--Foreign relations--Great Britain.

Germany (East).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (400 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

During the Cold War, Britain had an astonishing number of contacts and connections with one of the Soviet Bloc's most hard-line regimes: the German Democratic Republic. The left wing of the British Labour Party and the Trade Unions often had closer ties with communist East Germany than the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB). There were strong connections between the East German and British churches, women's movements, and peace movements; influential conservative politicians and the Communist leadership in the GDR had working relationships; and lucrative contracts existed between busin

Contents:

Title Page; Table of Contents; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction: Britain and the Other Germany; Chapter 1: Negotiating the Emergence of Two Germanys; Chapter 2: From Sovereignty to Recognition, 1955-1973; Chapter 3: Normalisation of Relations and New Beginnings, 1973-1979; Chapter 4: From the Second Cold War to the Collapse of the GDR, 1979-1990; Conclusion: Britain and the GDR, 1949-1990; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-80758-870-X

1-282-66239-2

9786612662393

1-84545-827-3

OCLC:

727775780