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PublisherReaktion Books, The Limited
ISBN-101861897782
ISBN-139781861897787
eBay Product ID (ePID)84560496
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Book TitleThree Germanies : West Germany, East Germany and the Berlin Republic
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2011
TopicEurope / Germany, World / European
IllustratorYes
GenrePolitical Science, History
AuthorMichael Gehler
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
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Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal943.087
Table Of ContentForeword 1. Occupation and the Road to two Different German States 2. Partial Integration of the Federal Republic and the GDR Externally and Internally, 1949-55 3. The Two German States: Bloc Building in Central Europe, 1955-61 4. Germany as Two States, 1961-72 5. 'Change Through Rapprochement': Détente and Normalization, 1972-9 6. New Confrontation, Disarmament and Erosion of the Defence Blocs, 1979-89 7. Return of the 'German Question' and the Unification of Germany, 1989-90 8. The Consequences and Burdens of Unity: Transformation, Stagnation and the End of the Kohl Era, 1990-98 9. The 'Red-Green' Coalition as a Half-way Experiment, 1998-2005 10. New Beginnings and Tradition: The Grand Coalition under Angela Merkel, 2005-9 11. Three Different Republics: Bonn-Pankow-Berlin, Attempt at a Summary Abbreviations Bibliography Sources and Photo Acknowledgements Index
SynopsisSince the defeat of the Third Reich in 1945, Germany has been in a continual state of turmoil and reinvention. In Three Germanies , Michael Gehler explores the political rollercoaster Germany has been riding since the Yalta Conference, which split postwar Germany into separate zones controlled by the Soviets, Americans, French, and British. Peace, however, was short lived; from 1948 to 1949 Stalin blockaded Berlin in an attempt to gain control over the largest city in Germany. Though the blockade was finally broken in May of 1949, soon after, Germany was officially split into the Federal Republic of Germany, or West Germany, and the German Democratic Republic, or East Germany. From then on, Germany became two very different countries with opposite political ideals, splitting families down the middle ideologically--and soon physically, with the erection of the Berlin Wall in 1961. Though the Berlin Wall came down in 1989 and Germany was reunified, its problems were far from over: to this day Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Grand Coalition struggle to implement reform. Gehler's timely and relevant study will appeal to readers interested in postwar diplomacy and the future of Germany, as it examines Germany's attempts to find a government and a leader that will create a stable and secure country in the twenty-first century., Since the defeat of the Third Reich in 1945, Germany has been in a continual state of turmoil and reinvention. In Three Germanies: West Germany, East Germany and the Berlin Republic , Michael Gehler explores the political roller coaster Germany has been riding since the Yalta Conference, which split post-war Germany into four zones controlled by the Soviets, Americans, French and British. Gehler's study is more relevant now than ever before, as he shows how Germany strives to find a government and a leader that will create a stable and secure country in thetwenty-first century.
LC Classification NumberDD257
