1st Edition

Germany from Defeat to Partition, 1945-1963

By D.G. Williamson Copyright 2001
202 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

This book covers the years, 1945-63 which witnessed th total defeat of the Third Reich, the occupation a nd evolution of the German Federal Republic and German Democratic Republic. The impact of the occupation is analysed, as are the events leading to the division of Germany.  Politics, economic history and social and cultural change in both Germanys are fully explored.  Thus in the... Read more
Part 1 The Background; Chapter 1 Plans and Reality: The Allies and Germany, 1943–45; Part 2 The Occupation, 1945–49; Chapter 2 Allied Occupation Policy, August 1945–December 1947; Chapter 3 The Division of Germany; Part 3 The Cold War and the Two Germanies, 1949–63; Chapter 4 Two Rival States; Part 4 Reconstruction and Consolidation: The FRG, 1949–63; Chapter 5 Politics: Developing a Democracy; Chapter 6 The West German ‘Economic Miracle’, 1948–63; Chapter 7 Social and Cultural Developments, 1949–63; Part 5 The GDR from Its Foundation to the Berlin Wall, 1949–61; Chapter 8 Political Developments in the GDR, 1949–61; Chapter 9 The Economy in the GDR, 1948–61; Chapter 10 Socialism and the East German People; Part 6 Assessment; Chapter 11 Germany from Defeat to Part Ition: A Retrospective ViewPart 7 Documents;

Biography

Williamson, D.G.