Germany since 1945

Germany since 1945

by Ó Dochartaigh, Pól

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Beginning with the day of Nazi Germany's surrender, this book traces the main political, social and economic developments in occupied Germany, in both German states up to 1990, and in reunited Germany. A chapter is devoted to the unification of the country in 1989-90, while the final chapter provides a comprehensive short survey of post-unification Germany, covering the period up to the Iraq crisis in 2003.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Germany since 1945 / Pól O'Dochartaigh.

Summary

Beginning with the day of Nazi Germany's surrender, this book traces the main political, social and economic developments in occupied Germany, in both German states up to 1990, and in reunited Germany. A chapter is devoted to the unification of the country in 1989-90, while the final chapter provides a comprehensive short survey of post-unification Germany, covering the period up to the Iraq crisis in 2003.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2004.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Palgrave Macmillan
  • Place of Publication:Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2004.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xx, 278 pages) : : maps

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781403943798, 1403943796, 1280250895, 9781280250897, 9786610250899, 6610250898
  • oclc:on1066570478
  • LC Classification:DD258.3
  • Dewey Decimal:943.087

Table of Contents

Cover -- Contents -- Series Editors' Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Maps -- 1 Germany under occupation after 1945 -- 2 Berlin: the four sectors -- 3 Reunified Germany after 1990 -- Introduction: Germany before 1945 -- 1 Defeat, Occupation and Division, 1945-9 -- Whither Germany? -- Democratisation -- Denazification -- Stalinisation in the East -- Capitalism in the West -- The Cold War -- Steps in Opposite Directions -- The Berlin Blockade -- 1949: Two States -- Conclusion -- 2 Economic Success while Cementing Division, 1949-61 -- Introduction -- Expellees and Refugees -- A New Economy in the West -- A New Economy in the East -- 17 June 1953 -- Consolidating Power in the East -- Federalism versus Centralism -- Defending Democracy -- Israel and Reparations -- The Cold War and Military Alliances -- West European Economic Integration -- The Saar -- Questions of Unification -- The Berlin Wall -- Adenauer and CDU Success -- Conclusion -- 3 Separate Paths, 1961-9 -- Introduction -- The 1961 Election -- The Der Spiegel Affair and the End of Adenauer -- Erhard as Chancellor -- Foreign Policy -- Israel and the Arab Countries -- German-German Relations -- The GDR in …

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