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

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).

War--Territorial questions.

Diplomatic relations.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Oxford Clarendon 2006

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a study of the division of Germany after the Second World War and it draws on unpublished documents revealing the political realities of the situation in post-war Germany. It also 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:

Includes bibliographical references and index

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ISBN:

9780191712579

0191712574

0191515825

9780191515828

9786611154059

6611154051

1281154059

9781281154057

OCLC:

967258683

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