'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
Summary
This is the most detailed and up-to-date study of the division of Germany after the Second World War. Drawing on a wealth of unpublished documents, Dirk Spilker reveals the political realities of the situation in post-war Germany, and reassesses the motivations and actions of the Western Allies and the Soviet bloc as they manoeuvred to achieve their ends. - ;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 o
Notes
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--St. Anthony's College, Oxford, 1998
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-277) and index
