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The End of the Cold War?: Bush, Kohl, Gorbachev, and the Reunification of Germany(Palgrave Studies in Oral History)

The End of the Cold War?: Bush, Kohl, Gorbachev, and the Reunification of Germany(Palgrave Studies in Oral History)


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The re-unification of Germany was part of a process that changed the world: it extended the West to the East bringing parliamentarian democracies and a market systems, and expanded NATO to the (Bela) Russian border with an increasing American influence; at the same time, the Soviet Union imploded and the Eastern military alliance, the Warsaw Pact, disappeared. Alexander von Plato traces this process in detail. His carefully researched history draws on archival sources as well as a wealth of new interviews with on-the-ground activists, political actors, international figures, and others to move beyond the narratives-both the German and American varieties-that have dominated the historical memory of reunification. In the process, it addresses some fascinating lingering questions from 1989: What led the Soviet side to agree to the reunification of Germany and the membership of a united Germany in NATO? Was it promoting, as a condition for German unity, military neutrality or an overall European security system as an alternative to the expansion of NATO? Was the government of the FRG subjected to pressure from the Soviet side to decide between unity and its ties to the West? Did the American side rule this out? And what strategies did the West and East European as well as the Canadian governments ultimately pursue? What are the consequences until now?

Table of Contents:
1. The Beginnings 2. Summer 1989: Gorbachev in Bonn 3. Gorbachev and the "Soviet Fatherhood" of the GDR 4. Coincidence as helper - Driving the Activists 5. 2+4, 4+2, or 33+2?: The Centers of Power Take Over the Handling of the International Aspects of Unity 6. The Elections in the GDR and Their Consequences 7. What Was National, and What Was International, in the 2+4 Negotiations? 8. Signing of the Contracts 9. Summary and Prospects for the Future

About the Author :

Alexander von Plato was founder and director of the Institute for History and Biography of the University of Hagen, guest professor in Vienna and Winnipeg, recipient of the Diefenbaker Award 2012)



Review :
"The End of the Cold War is both a serious academic study and a lively and engaging read; it offers the fascinating perspectives of those who drove, and were sometimes driven by, this chaotic series of events. In general, von Plato's considerable skills as influential and productive oral historian are evident here, along with his passion to understand better this landmark event in the recent history of his German home." (Stephen Sloan, The Oral History Review, 2017)


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781137488701
  • Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
  • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 439
  • Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Oral History
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1137488700
  • Publisher Date: 16 Apr 2015
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Bush, Kohl, Gorbachev, and the Reunification of Germany


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