Germany Divided

Germany Dividedremains one of the most thought-provoking and comprehensive interpretations of the forty-year relationship between East and West Germany and of the problems of contemporary German unity. In this politically controversial and analytically sophisticated account, A. James McAdams dissects the complex process by which East and West German leaders moved over the years from first pursuing the ideal of German unity, to accepting what they believed to be the inescapable reality of division, and then, finally, to meeting the challenges of an unanticipated reunification. This new edition contains an epilogue in which McAdams considers some of the political and economic problems faced by eastern and western Germans as they entered their fourth year of living together.

Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
A Wall between the Germanys	p. 3
Accepting Germany's Division	p. 5
A German-German Consensus	p. 13
One Germany, Two Alliances	p. 16
The Soviet Ultimatum	p. 17
East German Uncertainties	p. 23
The Persistence of West German Policy	p. 30
The Evolution of East German Policy	p. 36
Divergent Priorities	p. 44
The Construction of the Wall	p. 49
Two Germanys: Confrontation or Accommodation?	p. 56
Changing Surroundings	p. 57
West Germany's Awkward Adaptation	p. 64
The Rigidity of East German Policy	p. 71
Bonn's Breakthrough: The Ostpolitik	p. 79
The End of the Ulbricht Era	p. 87
Two States in Germany?	p. 93
Two German States: New Relations, Bad Relations	p. 96
The Inter-German Dilemma	p. 97
The Benefits of Cooperation	p. 102
Handling Questions of Principle	p. 106
Whither Inter-German Ties: The View from Bonn	p. 113
Whither Inter-German Ties: Retrenchment in the GDR	p. 121
Toward a German-German Deadlock?	p. 126
Inter-German Ties in Question	p. 133
Accepting a Divided Germany	p. 134
A Threat from the West	p. 135
An East German Opportunity?	p. 141
The Meeting at Werbellin	p. 147
The "Wende"	p. 152
A German "Coalition of Reason"	p. 158
A New Era between the Germanys	p. 164
A Working Visit to Bonn	p. 173
The Fall of East Germany	p. 175
The Illusion of Success	p. 177
A Path of Least Resistance	p. 185
A New Political Force	p. 193
The West German Response	p. 199
Unity Despite the Germanys	p. 204
Germany without a Wall	p. 207
Inter-German Tensions of a New Type	p. 209
A Liberal Democratic Germany	p. 216
The New Germany and the New Europe	p. 222
Interview Locations, 1985-1990	p. 229
GDR Oral History Project Interviews	p. 231
Select Bibliography	p. 233
Index	p. 245
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