The East German leadership and the division of Germany : patriotism and propaganda 1945 - 1953
Would it have been possible to build a unified and democratic Germany half a century before the fall of the Berlin Wall? This book reassesses this question by exploring Germany's division after the Second World War from the point of view of the SED, the communist-led and Soviet-sponsored ruling...
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| Format: | Livre |
| Langue: | English |
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Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press,
2006
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| Édition: | 1. publ. |
| Titres liés à la collection: | Oxford historical monographs
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| Sujets: | World War, 1939-1945 Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands Deutsche Frage Nation Geschichte 1945-1953 Propaganda |
| Description matérielle: | XI, 296 S.- Reg. |
Table des matières:
- Introductioni
- '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
- Conclusion.