ABSTRACT

Widely praised in its first edition, the second edition of The GDR was updated to cover events through the spring of 1988, examining in particular the impact of new leadership in both Bonn and Moscow and of the changing world economy on the prospects of the GDR.

chapter 1|36 pages

In the Beginning: 1945-1953

chapter 3|30 pages

In from the Cold: 1962-1976

chapter 4|21 pages

The SED and the 'Bureaucratic Stratum'

chapter 6|25 pages

The Economy: a Kind of Miracle?

chapter 9|21 pages

The Mass Media: not just Newspeak?

chapter 10|20 pages

The New Woman ... with some Old Problems

chapter 13|26 pages

The GDR in the Age of Gorbachev