LEADER 03058nam 22006374a 450 001 9910465604003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-151582-5 010 $a9786611154059 010 $a1-281-15405-9 035 $a(CKB)2560000000295087 035 $a(EBL)431286 035 $a(OCoLC)191944449 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000142591 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11144024 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000142591 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10096900 035 $a(PQKB)10707998 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000072578 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC431286 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL431286 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10167540 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL115405 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000295087 100 $a20060316d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe East German leadership and the division of Germany$b[electronic resource] $epatriotism and propaganda 1945-1953 /$fDirk Spilker 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (309 p.) 225 1 $aOxford historical monographs 300 $aBased on the author's thesis (doctoral)--St. Anthony's College, Oxford, 1998. 311 $a0-19-928412-1 311 $a0-19-171257-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [250]-277) and index. 327 $a'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. 330 $aThis is the most detailed and up-to-date study of the division of Germany after the Second World War. Drawing on a wealth of unpublished documents, Dirk Spilker reveals the political realities of the situation in post-war Germany, and reassesses the motivations and actions of the Western Allies and the Soviet bloc as they manoeuvred to achieve their ends. - ;Would it have been possible to build a unified and democratic Germany half a century before the fall of the Berlin Wall? This book reassesses this question by exploring Germany's division after the Second World War from the point of view 410 0$aOxford historical monographs. 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xTerritorial questions$zGermany 607 $aGermany$xHistory$y1945-1955 607 $aSoviet Union$xForeign relations$y1945-1991 607 $aGermany (East)$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xTerritorial questions 676 $a943/.10874 700 $aSpilker$b Dirk$f1966-$0984626 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465604003321 996 $aThe East German leadership and the division of Germany$92249913 997 $aUNINA