02488nam 22005294a 450 991097120770332120251116153258.001915158259780191515828(MiAaPQ)EBC7039019(CKB)24235080500041(MiAaPQ)EBC431286(Au-PeEL)EBL431286(CaPaEBR)ebr10167540(CaONFJC)MIL115405(OCoLC)191944449(Au-PeEL)EBL7039019(EXLCZ)992423508050004120060316d2006 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe East German leadership and the division of Germany patriotism and propaganda 1945-1953 /Dirk Spilker1st ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press2006xi, 296 pOxford historical monographsBased on the author's thesis (doctoral)--St. Anthony's College, Oxford, 1998.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 Drawing on a wealth of unpublished documents, Dirk Spilker reveals the political realities of the situation in post-war Germany, and reassesses the motivations and actions of the Western Allies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.Oxford historical monographs.World War, 1939-1945Territorial questionsGermanyGermanyHistory1945-1955Soviet UnionForeign relations1945-1991Germany (East)HistoryWorld War, 1939-1945Territorial questions943/.10874Spilker Dirk1966-1860495MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910971207703321The East German leadership and the division of Germany4465521UNINA