Russian-German special relations in the twentieth century [[electronic resource] ] : a closed chapter? / / edited by Karl Schlögel

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451102203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, NY, : Berg, c2006
• ISBN: 1-282-54562-0; 9786612545627; 1-84788-317-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (234 p.)
• Collana: German historical perspectives, , 0953-363X ; ; 19
• Altri autori (Persone): SchlögelKarl
• Disciplina: 327.470544
• Soggetti: International relations; Electronic books.; Germany Foreign relations Russia; Russia Foreign relations Germany; Germany Foreign relations Soviet Union; Soviet Union Foreign relations Germany; Germany Foreign relations 20th century; Soviet Union Foreign relations 20th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Editorial Preface; Contributors; 'Special Relations' between Russia and Germany in the Twentieth Century - A Closed Chapter?; Before the Great War: German Entrepreneurs in Russia - Russian Scholars in Germany. Two Types of Russian-German Relations in the Decades before the First World War; Thomas Mann and Others: Russophilism and Sovietophilia Among German Conservatives; Berlin: 'Stepmother' Among Russian Cities; German Emigrants in Soviet Exile: A Drama in Five Acts; The Strange Allies - Red Army and Reichswehr in the Inter-war Period; Facing the Ostfront: The Other War in German MemoryPatriots or Traitors? - The Soviet Government and the 'German Russians' After the Attack on the USSR by National Socialist Germany; 'Vot ona prokliataia Germaniia!' Germany in Early 1945 Through the Eyes of Red Army Soldiers; Supervision and Abdication - East German Intellectual Life ; under Soviet Tutelage; German-Russian Relations in the Early Twenty-first Century. Some Reflections on Normalcy; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Examines Russia and Germany's turbulent relationship, including the pre-1914 era of exchange and cooperation; the projects of modernity in post-revolutionary Russia and Weimar Germany; the struggle for dominance over Central Europe in World War II; and mutual views of Germans and Russians after 1945.