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Beyond the Wall
Germany's Road to Unification
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2010
Summary
Beyond the Wall is the first book, in either English or German, to tell the whole story of the extraordinary revolution that demolished the Berlin Wall, ended the Cold war, and tore apart the Soviet regime. Elizabeth Pond, former Moscow and European correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor, was an eyewitness to the dramatic events of 1989-92 and to the fifteen years of relations between Germany and Eastern Europe leading up to them. Pond weaves together in riveting prose the strands of events that are usually recounted separately. Rather than looking just at the East German revolt or the process of unification that created a new nation, she traces the interaction of these events and their diplomatic consequences for Europe. Pond shows the political, economic, and social forces at work--leading up to the unification, during the transition process, and in the aftermath. Looking at the European framework, she explains how significantly the European Community and its move toward integration both affected and were affected by German unification. The book contains a wealth of new information form hundreds of interviews with top German and American policymakers, East German Politburo members and average German citizens. It also incorporates up-to-date research on such topics as the Stasi secret police and the midlife crisis of the German left. Pond concludes with an assessment of the roles of the United States and a unified Germany in the new Europe. Calling for a continued partnership between the United States and Germany, who "have come through a common baptism of fire since the fall of the Berlin Wall," Pond casts an optimistic eye toward the future.
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Copyright year
2010
ISBN-Print
978-0-8157-7154-8
ISBN-Online
978-0-8157-0579-6
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
367
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1 November 1989 No access Pages 1 - 12
2 Prologue West No access Pages 13 - 19
3 Prologue East No access Pages 20 - 32
4 Nuclear Angst and Reassurance No access Pages 33 - 55
5 Meanwhile, Europe No access Pages 56 - 68
6 Meanwhile, Eastern Europe No access Pages 69 - 84
7 Annus Mirabilis No access Pages 85 - 99
8 The October Revolution: Dresden and Berlin No access Pages 100 - 110
9 The October Revolution: Leipzig and Berlin No access Pages 111 - 129
10 The Wall Falls No access Pages 130 - 139
11 Taming the Stasi No access Pages 140 - 152
12 Accleration No access Pages 153 - 172
13 Two Plus Four Equals One Germany No access Pages 173 - 191
14 Meanwhile, Domestic Politics No access Pages 192 - 209
