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Friendly Enemies


Friendly Enemies

Britain and the GDR, 1949-1990
1. Aufl.

von: Stefan Berger, Norman LaPorte

37,99 €

Verlag: Berghahn Books
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 01.05.2010
ISBN/EAN: 9781845458270
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 400

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<p> During the Cold War, Britain had an astonishing number of contacts and connections with one of the Soviet Bloc’s most hard-line regimes: the German Democratic Republic. The left wing of the British Labour Party and the Trade Unions often had closer ties with communist East Germany than the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB). There were strong connections between the East German and British churches, women’s movements, and peace movements; influential conservative politicians and the Communist leadership in the GDR had working relationships; and lucrative contracts existed between business leaders in Britain and their counterparts in East Germany. Based on their extensive knowledge of the documentary sources, the authors provide the first comprehensive study of Anglo-East German relations in this surprisingly under-researched field. They examine the complex motivations underlying different political groups’ engagement with the GDR, and offer new and interesting insights into British political culture during the Cold War.</p>
<p> List of tables<br> List of Abbreviations<br> Preface</p>
<p> <b>Introduction:</b> Britain and the other Germany</p>
<p> <b>Chapter 1.</b> negotiating the Emergence of two Germanys. British–GDR relations in the Context of the Evolution of the Post-war Political order, 1945–1955<br> <b>Chapter 2.</b> From sovereignty to recognition, 1955–1973<br> <b>Chapter 3.</b> Normalisation of relations and new Beginnings, 1973–1979<br> <b>Chapter 4.</b> From the second Cold War to the Collapse of the GDR, 1979–1990</p>
<p> <b>Conclusion:</b> Britain and the GDR 1949–1990</p>
<p> Bibliography<br> Index</p>
<p> <strong>Stefan Berger</strong> is Professor of Social History and Director of the Institute for Social Movements at Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Between 2003 and 2008 he directed the European Science Foundation Programme on ‘Representations of the Past. The Writing of National Histories in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Europe’ (NHIST). He has published widely in the areas of historiography, national identity and labour history.</p>

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