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History 3305

Dr. Zhang

Book Review #2

Book Citation

McAdams, A. James, Mr. Germany Divided: From the Wall to Reunification. 

     Princeton: Princeton UP, 1994. Print. 

Table of Content

1. A Wall between the Germanys

a. Accepting Germany’s Division

b. German-German Consensus

2. One Germany , Two Alliances

c. The Soviet Ultimatum

d. East German Uncertainties

e. The Persistence of West German Policy

f. The Evolution of East German Policy

g. Divergent Priorities

h. The Construction of the Wall

3. Two Germanys: Confrontation or Accommodation?

i. Changing Surroundings

j. West Germany’s Awkward Adaptation

k. The Rigidity of East German Policy

l. Boon’s Breakthrough: The Ostpolitik

m. The End of the Ulbricht Era

n. Two States in Germany?

4. Two German States: New Relations, Bad Relations

o. The Inter-German Dilemma

p. The Benefits of Cooperation

q. Handling Questions of Principle

r. Whither Inter-German Ties: The View from Bonn

s. Whiter Inter-German Ties: Retrenchment in the GDR

t. Toward a German-German Deadlock?

u. Inter-German Ties in Question

5. Accepting a Divided Germany

v. Threat from the West

w. An East German Opportunity?

x. The Meeting at Werbellin

y. The “Wende”

z. A German “Coalition of Reason”

{. A New Era between the Germanys

|. A Working Visit to Bonn

6. The Fall of East Germany

}. The Illusion of Success

~. A Path of Least Resistance

. A New Political Force

. The West German Response

. Unity Despite the Germanys

7. Germany without a Wall

. Inter-German Tensions of a New Type

. A Liberal Democratic Germany

. The New Germany and the New Europe

8. Epilogue, 1994

9. Appendixes

10. A. Interview Locations, 1985-1990

11. B. GDR Oral History Project Interviews...