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Viele Zeitgenossen hielten die seit 1949 bestehenden zwei deutschen Staaten fur kurzfristige Provisorien. Das Jahr 1952 schien eine Chance der Wiedervereinigung zu bieten, doch am Ende stand die Vertiefung der Spaltung. Seit mehr als funf Jahrzehnten wird daruber debattiert, ob der in der Stalin-Note vom 10. Marz 1952 enthaltene Vorschlag eines vereinten und neutralisierten Deutschland eine realistische Alternative war. Die Akten der sowjetischen Fuhrungsspitze, die Peter Ruggenthaler zu dieser Frage erstmals ausgewertet hat, geben eine eindeutige Antwort: Stalins Einigungsangebot war nicht...

Drawing on recently declassified Soviet archival sources, this book sheds new light on how the division of Europe came about in the aftermath of World War II. The book contravenes the notion that a neutral zone of states, including Germany, could have been set up between East and West. The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin was determined to preserve control over its own sphere of German territory. By tracing Stalin's attitude toward neutrality in international politics, the book provides important insights into the origins of the Cold War.

Drawing on recently declassified Soviet archival sources, this book sheds new light on how the division of Europe came about in the aftermath of World War II. The book contravenes the notion that a neutral zone of states, including Germany, could have been set up between East and West. The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin was determined to preserve control over its own sphere of German territory. By tracing Stalin's attitude toward neutrality in international politics, the book provides important insights into the origins of the Cold War.