German Reunification

Author : Frédéric Bozo,Andreas Rödder,Mary Elise Sarotte
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317336051

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German Reunification by Frédéric Bozo,Andreas Rödder,Mary Elise Sarotte Pdf

This book provides a multinational history of German reunification based on empirical work by leading scholars. The reunification of Germany in 1989-90 was one of the most unexpected and momentous events of the twentieth century. Embedded within the wider process of the end of the Cold War, it contributed decisively to the dramatic changes that followed: the end of the division of Europe, the collapse of the Warsaw Pact, the origins of NATO’s eastward expansion and, not least, the creation of the European Union. Based on the wealth of evidence that has become available from many countries involved, and relying on the most recent historiography, this collection takes into account the complex interaction of multinational processes that were instrumental in shaping German reunification in the pivotal years 1989-90. The volume brings together renowned international scholars whose recent works, based on their research in multiple languages and sources, have contributed significantly to the history of the end of the Cold War and of German reunification. The resulting volume represents an important contribution to our knowledge and understanding of a significant chapter in recent history. This book will be of much interest to students of German politics, Cold war history, international and multinational history and IR in general.

Author : Joyce E. Bromley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351987721

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German Reunification by Joyce E. Bromley Pdf

In 1945, German families with more than 100 hectares (247 acres) of land were forced from their homes in the eastern sector by the Soviets, now in control of that area. These families were brutally evicted from their property and had their land expropriated. In the next 45 years, the GDR government would come to control all of the agricultural land. At reunification in 1990, the earlier abuse of these farmers was compounded when the German government would not restore any of this expropriated land to these families. The German government falsely accused the Soviet Union of insisting on non-restitution as a condition of reunification. Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev unequivocally denies this claim and insists that land issues are a German problem to resolve. The temporary land-trust agency, established by the German government in 1990 to dispose of land it inherited from the GDR, continues to exist. After 25 years, this agency still holds almost 20 percent of this expropriated land. Its agents, most of whom were reared in GDR, decide who may (or may not) lease land, the conditions of the lease, and if and when a farmer may buy land – circumstances that remain deeply controversial. Joyce Bromley draws on extensive field research, and previously untapped sources, to explore the reliability of the government’s version of these important events. Is the German government once again, without shame, discriminating against a group of its own citizens?

Author : Frédéric Bozo
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781845454272

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Mitterrand, the End of the Cold War, and German Unification by Frédéric Bozo Pdf

This book explores the role of France in the events leading up to the end of the Cold War and German unification. --from publisher description.

Author : Peter H. Merkl
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780271044095

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German Unification in the European Context by Peter H. Merkl Pdf

Author : Harold James,Marla Stone
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136642685

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When the Wall Came Down by Harold James,Marla Stone Pdf

When the Wall Came Down provides a wide-ranging compendium of responses in Germany and other countries to the events of 1989-90, and includes essays by Henry Kissinger, Vaclav Havel, Ralf Dahrendorf and Timothy Garton Ash.

Author : Gwyneth Cliver,Carrie Smith-Prei
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781782384915

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Bloom and Bust by Gwyneth Cliver,Carrie Smith-Prei Pdf

More than two decades of deconstruction, renovation, and reconstruction have left the urban environments in the former German Democratic Republic completely transformed. This volume considers the changing urban landscapes in the former East — and how the filling of previous absences and the absence of previous presence — creates the cultural landscape of modern unified Germany. This broadens our understanding of this transformation by examining often-neglected cities, spaces, or structures, and historical narration and preservation.

Author : A. Ghanie Ghaussy,Wolf Schäfer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1993-02-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134884988

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The Economics of German Unification by A. Ghanie Ghaussy,Wolf Schäfer Pdf

This timely examination of the major issues in German unification emphasises its impact on different sectors of the economy and their likely consequences.

Author : Hannes Bahrmann,Christoph Links
Publisher : Ch. Links Verlag
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : German reunification question (1949-1990)
ISBN : 3861532034

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The Fall of the Wall by Hannes Bahrmann,Christoph Links Pdf

Author : Tilo Schabert
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030807634

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France and the Reunification of Germany by Tilo Schabert Pdf

With the collapse of the Soviet Union and its Eastern European bloc, the reunification of Germany was a major episode in the history of modern Europe — and one widely held to have been opposed by that country's centuries-old enemy, France. But while it has been previously believed that French President François Mitterrand played a negative role in events leading up to reunification, this book shows that Mitterrand's main concern was not the potential threat of an old nemesis but rather that a reunified Germany be firmly anchored in a unified Europe. Updated with a new introduction and other materials, the book blends primary research and interviews with key actors in France and Germany to take readers behind the scenes of world governments as a new Europe was formed. Tilo Schabert had unprecedented, exclusive access to French presidential archives and here focuses on French diplomacy not only to dispel the notion that Mitterrand was reluctant to accept reunification but also to show how successful he was in bringing it about.

Author : Elizabeth Pond
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2010-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0815705794

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Beyond the Wall by Elizabeth Pond Pdf

Beyond the Wall is the first book, in either English or German, to tell the whole story of the extraordinary revolution that demolished the Berlin Wall, ended the Cold war, and tore apart the Soviet regime. Elizabeth Pond, former Moscow and European correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor, was an eyewitness to the dramatic events of 1989-92 and to the fifteen years of relations between Germany and Eastern Europe leading up to them. Pond weaves together in riveting prose the strands of events that are usually recounted separately. Rather than looking just at the East German revolt or the process of unification that created a new nation, she traces the interaction of these events and their diplomatic consequences for Europe. Pond shows the political, economic, and social forces at work--leading up to the unification, during the transition process, and in the aftermath. Looking at the European framework, she explains how significantly the European Community and its move toward integration both affected and were affected by German unification. The book contains a wealth of new information form hundreds of interviews with top German and American policymakers, East German Politburo members and average German citizens. It also incorporates up-to-date research on such topics as the Stasi secret police and the midlife crisis of the German left. Pond concludes with an assessment of the roles of the United States and a unified Germany in the new Europe. Calling for a continued partnership between the United States and Germany, who "have come through a common baptism of fire since the fall of the Berlin Wall," Pond casts an optimistic eye toward the future.

Author : A. Bradley Shingleton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429723544

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Dimensions Of German Unification by A. Bradley Shingleton Pdf

German unification has proven to be a complex, multidimensional process rather than a single political event. Four years after political unification, Germany continues to confront formidable economic, social, and cultural challenges in the unification process. This volume examines some of economic, social and legal aspects of the unification process four years after political unification was achieved.

Author : A. James McAdams
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691221977

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Germany Divided by A. James McAdams Pdf

Germany Divided remains one of the most thought-provoking and comprehensive interpretations of the forty-year relationship between East and West Germany and of the problems of contemporary German unity. In this politically controversial and analytically sophisticated account, A. James McAdams dissects the complex process by which East and West German leaders moved over the years from first pursuing the ideal of German unity, to accepting what they believed to be the inescapable reality of division, and then, finally, to meeting the challenges of an unanticipated reunification. This new edition contains an epilogue in which McAdams considers some of the political and economic problems faced by eastern and western Germans as they entered their fourth year of living together.

Author : Joyce E. Bromley
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351987738

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German Reunification by Joyce E. Bromley Pdf

In 1945, German families with more than 100 hectares (247 acres) of land were forced from their homes in the eastern sector by the Soviets, now in control of that area. These families were brutally evicted from their property and had their land expropriated. In the next 45 years, the GDR government would come to control all of the agricultural land. At reunification in 1990, the earlier abuse of these farmers was compounded when the German government would not restore any of this expropriated land to these families. The German government falsely accused the Soviet Union of insisting on non-restitution as a condition of reunification. Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev unequivocally denies this claim and insists that land issues are a German problem to resolve. The temporary land-trust agency, established by the German government in 1990 to dispose of land it inherited from the GDR, continues to exist. After 25 years, this agency still holds almost 20 percent of this expropriated land. Its agents, most of whom were reared in GDR, decide who may (or may not) lease land, the conditions of the lease, and if and when a farmer may buy land – circumstances that remain deeply controversial. Joyce Bromley draws on extensive field research, and previously untapped sources, to explore the reliability of the government’s version of these important events. Is the German government once again, without shame, discriminating against a group of its own citizens?

Author : Konrad H. Jarausch
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1994-02-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195358940

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The Rush to German Unity by Konrad H. Jarausch Pdf

The bringing down of the Berlin Wall is one of the most vivid images and historic events of the late twentieth century. The reunification of Germany has transformed the face of Europe. In one stunning year, two separate states with clashing ideologies, hostile armies, competing economies, and incompatible social systems merged into one. The speed and extent of the reunification was so great that many people are still trying to understand the events. Initial elation has given way to the realities and problems posed in reuniting two such different systems. The Rush to German Unity presents a clear historical reconstruction of the confusing events. It focuses on the dramatic experiences of the East German people but also explores the decisions of the West German elite. Konrad H. Jarausch draws on the rich sources produced by the collapse of the GDR and on the public debate in the FRG. Beginning with vivid media images, the text probes the background of a problem, traces its treatment and resolution and then reflects on its implications. Combining an insider's insights with an outsider's detachment, the interpretation balances the celebratory and the catastrophic views. The unification process was democratic, peaceful and negotiated. But the merger was also bureaucratic, capitalistic and one-sided. Popular pressures and political manipulation combined to create a rush to unity that threatened to escape control. The revolution moved from a civic rising to a national movement and ended up as reconstruction from the outside. An ideal source for general readers and students, The Rush to German Unity explores whether solving the old German problem has merely created new difficulties.

Author : Tilo Schabert
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780826218483

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How World Politics is Made by Tilo Schabert Pdf

"Dispelling the notion that François Mitterrand was reluctant to accept the reunification of Germany, Schabert focuses on French diplomacy, re-creating cabinet meetings and quoting communications between Mitterrand and other world leaders, to show that Mitterrand's main concern was that a reunified Germany be firmly anchored in a unified Europe"--Provided by publisher.