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Autore |
Beattie Andrew |
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Titolo |
Playing politics with history [[electronic resource] ] : the Bundestag inquiries into East Germany / / Andrew H. Beattie |
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New York, N.Y., : Berghahn Books, 2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-62669-8 |
9786612626692 |
0-85745-017-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (306 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies in contemporary European history ; ; v. 4 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Governmental investigations - Germany (East) |
Governmental investigations - Germany |
Political culture - Germany - History - 20th century |
Germany Politics and government 1990- |
Germany (East) Politics and government 1989-1990 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-279) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Title page-Playing Politics with History; Contents; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1-Establishing the Commission of Inquiry; Chapter 2-The Inquiries at Work; Chapter 3-The SED's Dictatorship from the Beginning; Chapter 4-Implementing and Resisting Socialism in the GDR; Chapter 5-Vergangenheitsbewaltigung Good and Bad; Chapter 6-The Double Totalitarian Past; Conclusion; Appendices; Appendix A; Appendix B; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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After Germany's reunification in 1989-90, the country faced not only the history and consequences of the nation's division during the Cold War but also the continuing burdensome legacy of the Nazi past and the Holocaust. This book explains why concerns that the Nazi past would be marginalized by the more recent Communist past proved to be misplaced. It examines the delicate East-West dynamics and the notion that the West sought to impose "victor's justice" (or history) on the East. More specifically, it examines, for the first time, the history and significance of two parliamentary commissions |
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