The Fall of the Gdr: Germany's Road to Unity

ISBN-13: 9781138161528 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 206 str.

David Childs

Opis

This meticulous and authoritative review of the collapse of the GDR uses first-hand interview material with a number of the leading figures to provide a detailed account and analysis of the collapse of East Germany. Suitable for 2nd and 3rd year students of German politics, contemporary history and the Cold War.

Recenzje

"a well-written narrative history...should be read by anyone who is interested in the decline and fall of communism" Contemporary Review, vol. 281, no. 1638, July 2002

Spis treści

Chapter 1 The GDR in 1988 – a stable state?; Chapter 2 The GDR’s flawed development; Chapter 3 The Stasi and the internal security of the GDR; Chapter 4 Coping with Gorbachev; Chapter 5 Gorbachev 1989: ‘Life punishes those who come too late’; Chapter 6 The birth of the opposition parties; Chapter 7 The fifty days of Egon Krenz; Chapter 8 International reactions to events in the GDR; Chapter 9 Modrow’s fight to save the GDR; Chapter 10 The free elections of March 1990; Chapter 11 German unity achieved;

O autorze

David Childs is Professor of German Politics at the University of Nottingham.