Germany from Partition to Reunification; A Revised Edition of The Two Germanies Since 1945

by Henry Ashby Turner

• ISBN13: 9780300053470
• ISBN10: 0300053479
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1992-11-25
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

In this book, a prominent historian brings up to date his comprehensive overview of Germany since 1945. Henry Turner, has extended his masterly discussion of the partitioning of Germany after the Second World War and the evolution of East and West Germany to take into account the momentous events that swept away one of the German states and united the country under the constitution of the other.

Table of Contents

Preface
Abbreviations
Defeat, Cold War, and Division	p. 1
The Birth of Two New Governments	p. 33
The Ulbricht Era in East Germany	p. 55
Two Decades of Christian Democratic Leadership in the Federal Republic	p. 104
The Social-Liberal Era and the Return to Conservatism in the Federal Republic	p. 148
The Collapse of the GDR and the Reunification of Germany	p. 191
Fundamental Factors during Four Decades of Division	p. 256
Further Reading	p. 260
Index	p. 265
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