When the Wall Came Down: Reactions to German Unification

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ISBN: 9780415905909 | 0415905907
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Copyright: 8/20/1992

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When the Wall Came Downprovides a wide-ranging compendium of responses in Germany and other countries to the events of 1989-90, and includes essays by Henry Kissinger, Vaclav Havel, Ralf Dahrendorf and Timothy Garton Ash.

Preface
Chronology of Events
Introduction	p. 1
Introduction	p. 17
West Germany
Speech to the Bundestag, 28 November 1989 (Ten-Point Plan)	p. 33
Berlin City Hall Speech, 10 November 1989	p. 42
Berlin City Hall Speech, 10 November 1989	p. 46
"Ignoring the Chancelleries"	p. 50
"The Silence of the Clerks"	p. 52
"Don't Reunify Germany"	p. 57
"Why We Are Not a Nation - And Why We Should Become One"	p. 60
"The West Is Getting Wilder"	p. 71
"The Phantom of the Nation"	p. 77
"Rigmarole"	p. 83
"Yet Again: German Identity - A Unified Nation of Angry DM-Burghers"	p. 86
"Reunification II: This Time, No Hobnail Boots"	p. 103
"Uncomfortable Questions"	p. 106
"Treaty of 12 September 1990 on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany": The Two Plus Four Agreement	p. 108
East Germany
"Awakening 89 - New Forum," Call for the Founding of New Forum	p. 117
"A Plea to Get Involved in Our Own Cause," Flier of the citizens' movement Democracy Now	p. 119
"Declaration of New Forum on the Fortieth Anniversary of the GDR": Appeal to All Members of the SED	p. 124
"Protest Demonstration at Berlin-Alexanderplatz: Texts of recorded speeches by Stefan Heym, Christoph Hein, and Christa Wolf"	p. 125
"Notes on the Reactions of the Progressive Forces to the Current Domestic Political Situation in the GDR"	p. 130
"Pious Wishes, Open Questions"	p. 134
"The Forty Year Itch"	p. 138
"But Gysi Does Not Despair"	p. 146
"Germany United and Divided"	p. 149
"Why We Hoped"	p. 152
"The Great Waiting, or Freedom of the East: An Obituary for Life in Sleeping Beauty's Castle"	p. 157
United States
"Germany: Hidden Words"	p. 165
"German Reunification? It's Already Happening"	p. 167
"The German Revival"	p. 174
"NO to German Unification"	p. 181
"Kohl at Camp David"	p. 186
"Ten for Germany"	p. 188
"Uneasy About the Germans"	p. 190
"A Plan for Europe"	p. 197
"East German Requiem"	p. 202
"The Attack on Christa Wolf"	p. 205
"Germany: Power and the Left"	p. 209
United Kingdom
"Beware, the Reich Is Reviving"	p. 221
"Two Germanys Don't Add Up"	p. 224
"West Germany's Green Imperialism"	p. 227
"Germans Lack the Key to Their National Identity"	p. 230
The Leaked Chequers Memorandum: "What the PM Learnt about the Germans"	p. 233
"Fawlty Logic"	p. 240
"The Chequers Affair"	p. 242
"Finding a New Weak Link"	p. 247
"The New Germany"	p. 248
France
"Toward a Confederal System"	p. 253
"Police Logic Often Prevails Over Common Sense and Political Reasons," interview with Armin Riecker	p. 255
"A New Row Between an Old Couple"	p. 259
"After 45 Years, the War Is Over"	p. 263
"Mitterrand Sees Threat to His 'Grand Design'"	p. 264
"Germany in the Singular"	p. 266
Italy
"Germany and History Have Taken a Leap"	p. 275
"Changes in the European Equilibrium"	p. 277
"I Do Not Fear German Nationalism"	p. 280
Three Cartoons from L'Unita	p. 281
Israel
"The Grand Appeasement"	p. 287
"Unholy Trinity"	p. 293
Saul Friedlander interview, "Now We Shall Be Reduced to Our Due Place Within German Priorities"	p. 295
"East Germany: Why Hast Thou Forsaken Us?"	p. 303
"The Unification of the Germanys - A World Disaster"	p. 305
Czechoslovakia
Speech on the Occassion of the Visit of President Richard von Weizsacker to Prague	p. 309
Poland
"Both Partners and Competitors"	p. 317
"Not Only for Ourselves"	p. 320
"Attention - An Ambush"	p. 322
"Dignified Partnership"	p. 324
"Opportunity Rather Than a Threat"	p. 327
"This is One Party I Think I'll Miss"	p. 329
Soviet Union
"Political Diary: Germany Victory or Defeat?"	p. 333
"Germany and the 'Soviet Issue'"	p. 336
"At the USSR Supreme Soviet"	p. 338
Japan
"A New Rendezvous With Destiny"	p. 345
"Germany's New Start and Japan"	p. 347
Permissions Acknowledgments	p. 349
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