Uniting Germany: Documents and Debates, 1944-1993

by Konrad H. Jarausch

The unification of Germany is the most important change in Central Europe in the last four decades. Understanding this rapid and unforeseen development has raised old fears as well as inspired new hopes. In order to make sense out of the bewildering process and to help both expert and lay readers understand the changes and consequences, an American historian and a German social scientist put together this collection of central texts on German unification, the first of its kind. An invaluable reference tool.From the Contents: The New Germany: Myths and Realities—Division, Cold War and Détente—Exodus, Opposition and Immobilism—Awakening, Fall of the Wall and Bankruptcy—National Turn and Fears of Unity—Economic Union and International Breakthrough—Unification Treaties and Accession—Post-Unity Problems and PerspectivesKonrad Jarausch is Lurcy Professor of European Civilization at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. His many publications include The Rush to German Unity (1994) and Students, Society, and Politics in Imperial Germany (1982); Volker Gransow teaches in the Department of Political Science at the Freie Universität Berlin. One of his more recent publications is The Autistic Walkman (1985).

Hardcover

First published August 1, 1994

About the author

Konrad H. Jarausch is the Lurcy Professor of European Civilization at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.