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List of contents
Introduction Part 1. The origins of the GDR, 1945-49 1. An anti-fascist democratic Germany 2. The Stalinisation of the eastern zone Part 2. Constructing state socialism, 1949-61 3. Party and society in conflict 4. From revisionism to the Wall Part 3. Ulbricht and the stabilisation of the GDR 5. Rebuilding the GOR 6. Ulbricht's twilight years Part 4. Years of 'Honi', 1971-87 7. Honecker' s social contract 8. Commanding the economy 9. Between Bonn and Moscow Part 5. The GDR an the eve of revolution 10. A semblance of stability 11. The SED's loyal allies: the bloc parties and the mass organisations 12. The apparatus of coercion 13. Opposition and dissent Part 6. East Germany's unexpected revolution, 1989-90 14. East Germany implodes 15. The unlamented end of the GDR 16. The national question resolved?
About the author
Mike Dennis is Professor of Modern History, University of Wolverhampton. His many publications include The German Democratic Republic'(1988).
Summary
This text investigates communist rule in East Germany from its establishment as a sphere of Soviet influence after World War II to its rapid collapse after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
