03058nam 22006374a 450 991046560400332120200520144314.00-19-151582-597866111540591-281-15405-9(CKB)2560000000295087(EBL)431286(OCoLC)191944449(SSID)ssj0000142591(PQKBManifestationID)11144024(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000142591(PQKBWorkID)10096900(PQKB)10707998(StDuBDS)EDZ0000072578(MiAaPQ)EBC431286(Au-PeEL)EBL431286(CaPaEBR)ebr10167540(CaONFJC)MIL115405(EXLCZ)99256000000029508720060316d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe East German leadership and the division of Germany[electronic resource] patriotism and propaganda 1945-1953 /Dirk SpilkerOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (309 p.)Oxford historical monographsBased on the author's thesis (doctoral)--St. Anthony's College, Oxford, 1998.0-19-928412-1 0-19-171257-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [250]-277) and index.'It should look democratic--' : the German communists and the birth of the SED -- Nationwide goals and zonal priorities : the KPD/SED and the German question from Potsdam to Bizonia -- Between hope and despair : the SED and the consolidation of the SBZ -- Unity postponed : the SED and the founding of the GDR -- Retreat and retrenchment : the SED and the German question in the early 1950s.This is the most detailed and up-to-date study of the division of Germany after the Second World War. Drawing on a wealth of unpublished documents, Dirk Spilker reveals the political realities of the situation in post-war Germany, and reassesses the motivations and actions of the Western Allies and the Soviet bloc as they manoeuvred to achieve their ends. - ;Would it have been possible to build a unified and democratic Germany half a century before the fall of the Berlin Wall? This book reassesses this question by exploring Germany's division after the Second World War from the point of viewOxford historical monographs.World War, 1939-1945Territorial questionsGermanyGermanyHistory1945-1955Soviet UnionForeign relations1945-1991Germany (East)HistoryElectronic books.World War, 1939-1945Territorial questions943/.10874Spilker Dirk1966-984626MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465604003321The East German leadership and the division of Germany2249913UNINA