Divided, But Not Disconnected: German Experiences of the Cold War - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 184545751X ISBN 13: 9781845457518

Publisher: Berghahn Books, 2010

Synopsis

The Allied agreement after the Second World War did not only partition Germany, it divided the nation along the fault-lines of a new bipolar world order. This inner border made Germany a unique place to experience the Cold War, and the “German question” in this post-1945 variant remained inextricably entwined with the vicissitudes of the Cold War until its end. This volume explores how social and cultural practices in both German states between 1949 and 1989 were shaped by the existence of this inner border, putting them on opposing sides of the ideological divide between the Western and Eastern blocs, as well as stabilizing relations between them. This volume’s interdisciplinary approach addresses important intersections between history, politics, and culture, offering an important new appraisal of the German experiences of the Cold War.

About this title

About the Author:

Andrew Plowman is Senior Lecturer in German at the University of Liverpool. He is the author of a study on German autobiography and of numerous articles on contemporary German literature. His current research focuses on the cultural representation of the Bundeswehr.

Review:

“[A] timely and important contribution to the current scholarship on the Cold War and the critical reassessment of Cold War history within an interdisciplinary, comparative, and transnational framework...The editors are to be commended for promoting a comparative perspective in the individual essays themselves and through the thoughtful selection of topics from East and West German perspectives.”  ·  Sabine Hake, University of Texas, Austin

About this edition

• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 184545751X
• ISBN 13: 9781845457518
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 276
• Editor: Hochscherf Tobias, Laucht Christoph, Plowman Andrew