The East German leadership and the division of Germany : patriotism and propaganda 1945 - 1953 / Dirk Spilker

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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Autores principales:Spilker, Dirk (Autor)
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado:Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2006
Edición:1. publ
Colección:Oxford historical monographs
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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.