Format:
Online-Ressource (369 p)
ISBN:
9780691124285
Series Statement:
Princeton Studies in International History and Politics v.132
Content:
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
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Description based upon print version of record
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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;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781400840724
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780691124285
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Driving the Soviets up the Wall : Soviet-East German Relations, 1953-1961
Language:
English
Keywords:
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