Machine generated contents note: pt. I The explosion of violence -- 1.The Soviet advance into Germany -- 2.Inheriting wartime chaos -- 3.Bringing soldiers to heel after the war -- 4.SVAG--army conflicts in ̀peacetime' -- 5.Suicide, apathy, violence -- 6.The muted German response to violence -- pt. II The beginnings of peace and stability -- 7.The struggle to feed Germany -- 8.The politics of food and peaceful protest -- 9.Building the SED -- 10.The shift in policy and end of chaos
Summary
This is a new account of the Soviet occupation of postwar Germany and the beginning of the Cold War. Dr Slaveski shows how in the immediate aftermath of war the Red Army command struggled to contain the violence of soldiers against German civilians and, at the same time, feed and rebuild the country
