Behind the Berlin Wall : East Germany and the frontiers of power /
Few historical changes occur literally overnight, but on 13 August 1961 eighteen million East Germans awoke to find themselves walled in by an edifice which was to become synonymous with the Cold War: the Berlin Wall. This new history rejects traditional, top-down approaches to Cold War politics, ex...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford [England] ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
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Table of Contents:
- List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: The Frontiers of Power; PART I. BEFORE THE WALL, 1945
- 61; 2. East Germany's Dual Crisis: Politics and Economics on the Eve of the Wall; 3. Crossing the Line: Republikflucht between Defection and Migration; 4. Holding the Line: Policing the Open Border; PART II. BEHIND THE WALL, 1961
- 89; 5. Walled in: 13 August 1961; 6. In the Shadow of the Wall: Coming to Terms with Communism; 7. Wanderlust: Travel, Emigration and the Movement; PART III. BEYOND THE WALL; 8. The Fall of the Wall: 9 November 1989
- 9. Seeking Closure: Remembering the WallBibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z