The Rush to German UnityOxford University Press, 24 feb. 1994 - 304 pagini The bringing down of the Berlin Wall is one of the most vivid images and historic events of the late twentieth century. The reunification of Germany has transformed the face of Europe. In one stunning year, two separate states with clashing ideologies, hostile armies, competing economies, and incompatible social systems merged into one. The speed and extent of the reunification was so great that many people are still trying to understand the events. Initial elation has given way to the realities and problems posed in reuniting two such different systems. The Rush to German Unity presents a clear historical reconstruction of the confusing events. It focuses on the dramatic experiences of the East German people but also explores the decisions of the West German elite. Konrad H. Jarausch draws on the rich sources produced by the collapse of the GDR and on the public debate in the FRG. Beginning with vivid media images, the text probes the background of a problem, traces its treatment and resolution and then reflects on its implications. Combining an insider's insights with an outsider's detachment, the interpretation balances the celebratory and the catastrophic views. The unification process was democratic, peaceful and negotiated. But the merger was also bureaucratic, capitalistic and one-sided. Popular pressures and political manipulation combined to create a rush to unity that threatened to escape control. The revolution moved from a civic rising to a national movement and ended up as reconstruction from the outside. An ideal source for general readers and students, The Rush to German Unity explores whether solving the old German problem has merely created new difficulties. |
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The German Upheaval | 3 |
THE PEOPLE RISE | 13 |
THE MASSES CHOOSE UNITY | 73 |
THE EASTERNERS JOIN THE WEST | 135 |
The New Germany | 197 |
Notes | 211 |
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Aufbruch Bärbel Bohley bloc parties Bonn BPA Dok cabinet chancellor citizens civic movement coalition communist created critics currency union debate demanded democracy Democratic Awakening Deutsche deutschen Deutschland dissidents East Berlin East German Eastern economic Egon Krenz Einheit election European exodus fears foreign Genscher German unity Gorbachev Günter Gysi Hans Modrow Helmut Kohl Herles Honecker Honecker's human rights Ibrahim Böhme intellectuals interview July June Kallabis Kohl's Lafontaine leaders Leipzig liberal Lothar de Maizière ment Minister Modrow Nationalrausch NCDDR negotiations opposition percent political politicians popular promised Protestant reform refugees regime Reich reunification Revolution Round Table Runden Tisch Schabowski Schäuble Sept Social Democrats socialist Soviet Spiegel Stasi Tage Teltschik thousand tion transition treaty unification Volkskammer vote wanted Welt West Western Wolfgang ZEIT
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