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Umfang: Online-Ressource (369 p)

ISBN: 9780691124285

Serie: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics v.132

Inhalt: The Berlin Wall was the symbol of the Cold War. For the first time, this path-breaking book tells the behind-the-scenes story of the communists' decision to build the Wall in 1961. Hope Harrison's use of archival sources from the former East German and Soviet regimes is unrivalled, and from these sources she builds a highly original and provocative argument: the East Germans pushed the reluctant Soviets into building the Berlin Wall. This fascinating work portrays the different approaches favored by the East Germans and the Soviets to stop the exodus of refugees to West Germany. In the wake

Anmerkung: Description based upon print version of record , Cover; Contents; List of Maps; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: The Dynamics of Soviet-East German Relations in the Early Cold War; Chapter One: 1953 Soviet-East German Relations and Power Struggles in Moscow and Berlin; Chapter Two: 1956-1958 Soviet and East German Policy Debates in the Wake of the Twentieth Party Congress; Chapter Three: 1958-1960 Khrushchev Takes on the West in the Berlin Crisis; Chapter Four: 1960-1961 Ulbricht, Khrushchev, and the Berlin Wall; Conclusion; Notes; Note on Sources; Bibliography; Index;

Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 9781400840724

Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 9780691124285

Weitere Ausg.: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Driving the Soviets up the Wall : Soviet-East German Relations, 1953-1961

Sprache: Englisch

Schlagwort(e): Electronic books

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Umfang: 1 online resource (368 pages) : , illustrations.

Ausgabe: Course Book.

Ausgabe: Electronic reproduction. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2004. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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ISBN: 9781400840724

Serie: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics

Inhalt: The Berlin Wall was the symbol of the Cold War. For the first time, this path-breaking book tells the behind-the-scenes story of the communists' decision to build the Wall in 1961. Hope Harrison's use of archival sources from the former East German and Soviet regimes is unrivalled, and from these sources she builds a highly original and provocative argument: the East Germans pushed the reluctant Soviets into building the Berlin Wall. This fascinating work portrays the different approaches favored by the East Germans and the Soviets to stop the exodus of refugees to West Germany. In the wake of Stalin's death in 1953, the Soviets refused the East German request to close their border to West Berlin. The Kremlin rulers told the hard-line East German leaders to solve their refugee problem not by closing the border, but by alleviating their domestic and foreign problems. The book describes how, over the next seven years, the East German regime managed to resist Soviet pressures for liberalization and instead pressured the Soviets into allowing them to build the Berlin Wall. Driving the Soviets Up the Wall forces us to view this critical juncture in the Cold War in a different light. Harrison's work makes us rethink the nature of relations between countries of the Soviet bloc even at the height of the Cold War, while also contributing to ongoing debates over the capacity of weaker states to influence their stronger allies.

Anmerkung: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , List of Maps -- , Preface -- , Acknowledgments -- , Abbreviations -- , INTRODUCTION. The Dynamics of Soviet–East German Relations in the Early Cold War -- , CHAPTER ONE. 1953. Soviet–East German Relations and Power Struggles in Moscow and Berlin -- , CHAPTER TWO. 1956–1958. Soviet and East German Policy Debates in the Wake of the Twentieth Party Congress -- , CHAPTER THREE. 1958–1960. Khrushchev Takes on the West in the Berlin Crisis -- , CHAPTER FOUR. 1960–1961. Ulbricht, Khrushchev, and the Berlin Wall -- , Conclusion -- , Notes -- , Note on Sources -- , Bibliography -- , Index. , In English.

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.1515/9781400840724

URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400840724

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Umfang: 1 online resource (369 pages)

Ausgabe: Course Book

ISBN: 1-283-13341-5 , 9786613133410 , 1-4008-4072-4

Serie: Princeton studies in international history and politics

Inhalt: The Berlin Wall was the symbol of the Cold War. For the first time, this path-breaking book tells the behind-the-scenes story of the communists' decision to build the Wall in 1961. Hope Harrison's use of archival sources from the former East German and Soviet regimes is unrivalled, and from these sources she builds a highly original and provocative argument: the East Germans pushed the reluctant Soviets into building the Berlin Wall. This fascinating work portrays the different approaches favored by the East Germans and the Soviets to stop the exodus of refugees to West Germany. In the wake of Stalin's death in 1953, the Soviets refused the East German request to close their border to West Berlin. The Kremlin rulers told the hard-line East German leaders to solve their refugee problem not by closing the border, but by alleviating their domestic and foreign problems. The book describes how, over the next seven years, the East German regime managed to resist Soviet pressures for liberalization and instead pressured the Soviets into allowing them to build the Berlin Wall. Driving the Soviets Up the Wall forces us to view this critical juncture in the Cold War in a different light. Harrison's work makes us rethink the nature of relations between countries of the Soviet bloc even at the height of the Cold War, while also contributing to ongoing debates over the capacity of weaker states to influence their stronger allies.

Anmerkung: "Third printing, and first paperback printing, 2005"--T.p. verso. , Originally published: 2003. , Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , List of Maps -- , Preface -- , Acknowledgments -- , Abbreviations -- , INTRODUCTION. The Dynamics of Soviet-East German Relations in the Early Cold War -- , CHAPTER ONE. 1953. Soviet-East German Relations and Power Struggles in Moscow and Berlin -- , CHAPTER TWO. 1956-1958. Soviet and East German Policy Debates in the Wake of the Twentieth Party Congress -- , CHAPTER THREE. 1958-1960. Khrushchev Takes on the West in the Berlin Crisis -- , CHAPTER FOUR. 1960-1961. Ulbricht, Khrushchev, and the Berlin Wall -- , Conclusion -- , Notes -- , Note on Sources -- , Bibliography -- , Index , Issued also in print. , English

Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 0-691-09678-3

Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 0-691-12428-0

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.1515/9781400840724