The East German leadership and the division of Germany : patriotism and propaganda 1945-1953 / Dirk Spilker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spilker, Dirk, 1966-

Series:

Oxford historical monographs.

Oxford historical monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands--History.

Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands.

World War, 1939-1945--Territorial questions--Germany.

World War, 1939-1945.

Germany--History--1945-1955.

Germany.

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--1945-1991.

Soviet Union.

Germany (East)--History.

Germany (East).

Physical Description:

xi, 296 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Summary:

This is the most detailed and up-to-date study of the division of Germany after the Second World War. Drawing on a wealth of unpublished documents, Dirk Spilker reveals the political realities of the situation in post-war Germany, and reassesses the motivations and actions of the Western Allies and the Soviet bloc as they manoeuvred to achieve their ends.

Contents:

'It should look democratic

' : the German communists and the birth of the SED

Nationwide goals and zonal priorities : the KPD/SED and the German question from Potsdam to Bizonia

Between hope and despair : the SED and the consolidation of the SBZ

Unity postponed : the SED and the founding of the GDR

Retreat and retrenchment : the SED and the German question in the early 1950s.

Notes:

Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--St. Anthony's College, Oxford, 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [250]-277) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0191515825

9780191515828

OCLC:

191944449