David Childs

The Fall of the GDR

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This meticulous and authoritative review of the collapse of the GDR uses first-hand interview material with a number of the leading figures to provide a detailed account and analysis of the collapse of East Germany. Suitable for 2nd and 3rd year students of German politics, contemporary history and the Cold War.

Produktdetails

• Themes In Modern German History
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Februar 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 336g
• ISBN-13: 9780582315693
• ISBN-10: 0582315697
• Artikelnr.: 21832686

Autorenporträt

David Childs is Professor of German Politics at the University of Nottingham.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 The GDR in 1988 - a stable state?
Chapter 2 The GDR's flawed development
Chapter 3 The Stasi and the internal security of the GDR
Chapter 4 Coping with Gorbachev
Chapter 5 Gorbachev 1989: 'Life punishes those who come too late'
Chapter 6 The birth of the opposition parties
Chapter 7 The fifty days of Egon Krenz
Chapter 8 International reactions to events in the GDR
Chapter 9 Modrow's fight to save the GDR
Chapter 10 The free elections of March 1990
Chapter 11 German unity achieved