Title Germany from defeat to partition, 1945-1963 / D.G. Williamson

Published London : Routledge, Taylor and Francis, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (202 pages) Series Seminar Studies Seminar studies in history Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Introduction to the Series; Note on Referencing System; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Maps; Part One: The Background; 1 Plans and Reality: The Allies and Germany, 1943-45; Zonal Division; The Future of Germany; The Revolutionary Impact of War on German Society; The ''Interregnum'', May-July 1945; The Potsdam Conference; Part Two: The Occupation, 1945-49; 2 Allied Occupation Policy, August 1945-December 1947; Denazification and Re-education; The Decentralization and Democratization of Local Government The EconomyThe Revival of Political Parties and the Trade Unions; The Legacy of the Occupation; 3 The Division of Germany; The Bizone and the German Economic Commission; The Impact of the Marshall Plan and the Soviet Response; The Momentum to Partition Accelerates, November 1947-June 1948; Currency Reform and the Berlin Blockade; The Emergence of the two Germanies; Part Three: The Cold War and the Two Germanies, 1949-63; 4 Two Rival States; Western Integration: The ECSC and EDC; The FRG Achieves Sovereignty and Enters NATO; The Reaction of the GDR and the USSR to Western Integration The FRG as a Sovereign State, 1955-58The Berlin Crisis, 1958-61; The Consequences; Part Four: Reconstruction and Consolidation: The FRG, 1949-63; 5 Politics: Developing a Democracy; The Formation of the Adenauer Government and its Initial Prospects; The Adenauer-Schumacher Duel; Adenauer''s Re-election, September 1953; Coalition Politics, September 1953-February 1956; The Creation of the Bundeswehr: A Citizens'' Army; Adenauer Re-asserts his Authority; The Last Years of the Adenauer Era, 1958-63; 6 The West German ''Economic Miracle'', 1948-63; The Social Market Economy Currency and Economic Reform, June-December 1948The Role of Marshall Aid; Structural Problems, 1949-51; Economic Reconstruction and Modernization, 1951-63; 7 Social and Cultural Developments, 1949-63; The Condition of the People; Changing Social Structures; The Partial Americanization of West German Culture; Part Five: The GDR from Its Foundation to the Berlin Wall, 1949-61; 8 Political Developments in the GDR, 1949-61; The Creation of the SED Dictatorship; 17 June 1953 and its Consequences; The Crisis of De-Stalinization, 1956; The Construction of the Berlin Wall 9 The Economy in the GDR, 1948-61The Planned Economy, 1948-61; Agriculture and Collectivization; 10 Socialism and the East German People; Education, Culture and the Creation of a new Elite; The Workers'' and Peasants'' State; The Opposition; Part Six: Assessment; 11 Germany from Defeat to Partition: A Retrospective View; The Federal Republic; The German Democratic Republic; A Comparison between the Two States; Part Seven: Documents; Chronology; Glossary; Who''s Who; Bibliography; Index Summary This book covers the years, 1945-63 which witnessed th total defeat of the Third Reich, the occupation a nd evolution of the German Federal Republic and German Democratic Republic. The impact of the occupation is analysed, as are the events leading to the division of Germany. Politics, economic history and social and cultural change in both Germanys are fully explored. Thus in the FRG the nature of Adenauer''s success in creating a parliamentary democracy is analysed, as is the West German ''economic miracle''. There is also a chapter specifically on social and cultural developments i nthe F Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject HISTORY -- Europe -- Germany. Politics and government SUBJECT Germany -- History -- 1945-1990. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91001545 Germany -- Politics and government -- 1945-1990. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91001651 Subject Germany Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781317887249 1317887247 9781317887232 1317887239 1317887220 9781317887225 9781315841892 1315841894 9781138163010 1138163015

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