LEADER 02488nam 22005294a 450 001 9910971207703321 005 20251116153258.0 010 0 $a0191515825 010 0 $a9780191515828 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7039019 035 $a(CKB)24235080500041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC431286 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL431286 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10167540 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL115405 035 $a(OCoLC)191944449 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7039019 035 $a(EXLCZ)9924235080500041 100 $a20060316d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe East German leadership and the division of Germany $epatriotism and propaganda 1945-1953 /$fDirk Spilker 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2006 215 $axi, 296 p 225 1 $aOxford historical monographs 300 $aBased on the author's thesis (doctoral)--St. Anthony's College, Oxford, 1998. 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 $aThis is the most detailed and up-to-date study of the division of Germany after the Second World War. Drawing on a wealth of unpublished documents, Dirk Spilker reveals the political realities of the situation in post-war Germany, and reassesses the motivations and actions of the Western Allies and the Soviet bloc as they manoeuvred to achieve their ends. 410 0$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 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xTerritorial questions 676 $a943/.10874 700 $aSpilker$b Dirk$f1966-$01860495 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910971207703321 996 $aThe East German leadership and the division of Germany$94465521 997 $aUNINA