'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This is a study of the division of Germany after the Second World War and it draws on unpublished documents revealing the political realities of the situation in post-war Germany. It also reassesses the motivations and actions of the Western Allies and the Soviet bloc, as they manoeuvred to achieve their ends
