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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792285303321

Titolo

Dictatorship as experience : towards a socio-cultural history of the GDR / / edited by Konrad H. Jarausch ; translated by Eve Duffy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 2009

©1999

ISBN

1-78238-479-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (400 p.)

Disciplina

943.1087

943/.1087

Soggetti

Dictatorship - Germany (East)

Communism - Germany (East) - History

Political culture - Germany (East)

Germany (East) Social conditions Congresses

Germany (East) Social policy Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1999 by Berghahn Books.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Part I: Introduction; Part II: The Theoretical Problem of Dictatorship; Chapter 1: The GDR; Chapter 2: Modernization and Modernization Blockages in GDR Society; Chapter 3: Care and Coercion; Part III: Mechanisms of Political Repression; Chapter 4: From DIsmantling to Currency Reform; Chapter 5: Foreign Influences on the Dictatorial Development of the GDR, 1949-1955; Chapter 6: Repression and Tolerance as Methods of Rule in Communist Societies; Part IV: Means of Social Control; Chapter 7: Creating State Socialist Governance

Chapter 8: Food Supply in a Planned EconomyChapter 9: The Myth of Female Emancipation; Chapter 10: The Socialist Glass Ceiling; Part V: Cultural Dimensions of Domination; Chapter 11: Dictatorship as Discourse; Chapter 12: The Fettered Media; Chapter 13: Criticism and Censorship; Chapter 14: THe Pivotal Cadres; Part VI: Temporal Transformations; Chapter 15: Stagnation or Change?; Chapter 16: The Hitler Youth Generation in the GDR; Chapter 17: Reforming Socialism?; Chapter 18: Mobility and Blockage During the 1970s; Postscript;



Chapter 19: Rethinking the Second German Dictatorship

Selected BibliographyNotes on Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A decade after the collapse of communism, this volume presents a historical reflection on the perplexing nature of the East German dictatorship. In contrast to most political rhetoric, it seeks to establish a middle ground between totalitarianism theory, stressing the repressive features of the SED-regime, and apologetics of the socialist experiment, emphasizing the normality of daily lives. The book transcends the polarization of public debate by stressing the tensions and contradictions within the East German system that combined both aspects by using dictatorial means to achieve its emanci

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822835303321

Autore

O'Connor Mike <1947->

Titolo

Airfields and airmen, Somme / / Mike O'Connor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

South Yorkshire, England : , : Leo Cooper, , 2002

©2002

ISBN

1-78383-243-6

1-4738-1175-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Collana

Battleground Europe Series

Disciplina

940.44941

Soggetti

World War, 1914-1918 - Battlefields - France - Somme

World War, 1914-1918 - Aerial operations

Battlefields - France - Somme

Airmen

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

""Cover""; ""Half Title""; ""Series""; ""Title""; ""Dedication""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction by Series Editor""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Author's Introduction""; ""Table of Maps""; ""How the Guide works""; ""The Development of Military Flying""; ""An Explanation of German ranks""; ""Abbreviations""; ""The Order of Battle of the RFC 4 Brigade 1



July 1916""; ""Chapter One The Northern Area""; ""Chapter Two The Southern Area""; ""Chapter Three The Eastern Area""; ""Conclusion""; ""Further Reading""; ""Selective Index""

Sommario/riassunto

The latest volume in the Airfields and Airmen series covers the Arras area. It includes a visit to the grave of Albert Ball VC and the graves of Waterfall and Bayly, the first British fliers killed in action. There is a visit to the aerodrome from which Alan McLeod took off from to earn his VC and to the grave of Viscount Glentworth, killed while flying with 32 Squadron. The German side is well covered with visits to their cemeteries and aerodromes. This well researched book relives the deadly thrills of war in the air over the battlefields of the Western Front.