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9780691007465

Dissolution

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  • ISBN13:

    9780691007465

  • ISBN10:

    0691007462

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-03-01
  • Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr

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Against the backdrop of one of the great transformations of our century, the sudden and unexpected fall of communism as a ruling system, Charles Maier recounts the history and demise of East Germany.Dissolutionis his poignant, analytically provocative account of the decline and fall of the late German Democratic Republic. This book explains the powerful causes for the disintegration of German communism as it constructs the complex history of the GDR. Maier looks at the turning points in East Germany's forty-year history and at the mix of coercion and consent by which the regime functioned. He analyzes the GDR as it evolved from the purges of the 1950s to the peace movements and emerging youth culture of the 1980s, and then turns his attention to charges of Stasi collaboration that surfaced after 1989. In the context of describing the larger collapse of communism, Maier analyzes German elements that had counterparts throughout the Soviet bloc, including its systemic and eventually terminal economic crisis, corruption and privilege in the SED, the influence of the Stasi and the plight of intellectuals and writers, and the slow loss of confidence on the part of the ruling elite. He then discusses the mass protests and proliferation of dissident groups in 1989, the collapse of the ruling party, and the troubled aftermath of unification. Dissolutionis the first book that spans the communist collapse and the ensuing process of unification, and that draws on newly available archival documents from the last phases of the GDR, including Stasi reports, transcripts of Politburo and Central Committee debates, and papers from the Economic Planning Commission, the Council of Ministers, and the office files of key party officials. This book is further bolstered by Maier's extensive knowledge of European history and the Cold War, his personal observations and conversations with East Germans during the country's dramatic transition, and memoirs and other eyewitness accounts published during the four-decade history of the GDR.

Table of Contents

Prefacep. xi
Losing Faithp. 3
Believers and Victimsp. 3
Real Existing Socialismp. 22
Privilege, Secrecy, and Complicityp. 32
A Tethered Consciousnessp. 52
The Economic Collapsep. 59
The Debt Crisis and the Contradictions of Comeconp. 59
The Costs of Computerizationp. 73
Retreat from Reform: State Socialism in Retrospectp. 78
The Archaeology of Coal and Steelp. 97
The Autumn Upheavalp. 108
Prologue: A Revolution in Germanyp. 108
Decomposition and Flightp. 120
Two Languages of Revolutionp. 131
Monday Nights in Leipzigp. 135
Berlin: Rulers and Ruledp. 146
Protagonists of the Transitionp. 168
New Forums and Round Tablesp. 169
Redeeming "Civil Society"p. 185
Political Parties and the Elections of March 18, 1990p. 195
Unificationp. 215
Still Masters of the Game? Soviet Policy Shifts on Germanyp. 216
2 = 1 or 1 = 1? The Economics of Unificationp. 227
2 + 4 = 1: The Diplomacy of Unificationp. 244
Anschluss and Melancholyp. 285
Between Two Berlins, 1990p. 285
Between Socialism and Capitalismp. 290
Abwicklung: Academic Purge and Renewalp. 303
Stasi Stains: The Old Regime on Trialp. 311
Epilogue Wrapped Reichstag, 1995p. 330
Notesp. 339
A Note on Sourcesp. 421
Indexp. 427
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