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Conflict and stability in the German Democratic Republic

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  • "Conflict and stability in the German Democratic Republik"

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  • "Hauptbeschreibung Die Frage, was zum Zusammenbruch der DDR führte, ist noch immer ein brisantes Thema. Dabei scheint man mitunter zu vergessen, dass der sozialistische deutsche Teilstaat immerhin vier Jahrzehnte lang existierte - länger als die Weimarer Republik und das Dritte Reich zusammen. So gesehen war die DDR ein rätselhaft stabiler Staat, dessen Bestand dringend einer Erklärung bedarf. In seiner Studie präsentiert der amerikanische Historiker Andrew Port eine originelle Lösung für dieses Rätsel: Weder Repressionen und die berühmt-berüchtigte Stasi noch der Rückzug ins Private oder die L."
  • ""Why did the German Democratic Republic last for so long--longer, in fact, than the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich combined? This book looks at various political, social, and economic conflicts at the grass roots of the GDR in an attempt to answer this question and account for regime stability. A local study, it examines opposition and discontent in Saalfeld, an important industrial and agricultural district. Based on previously inaccessible primary sources as well as on interviews with local residents, the book offers a novel explanation for the durability of the regime by looking at how authorities tried to achieve harmony and consensus through negotiation and compromise. At the same time, it shows how official policies created deep-seated social cleavages that promoted stability by hindering East Germans from presenting a united front to authorities when mounting opposition or pressing for change. All of this provides an indirect answer to perhaps the major question of the postwar period: Why did the Cold War last as long as it did?"--Publisher description."

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  • "Die rätselhafte Stabilität der DDR Arbeit und Alltag im sozialistischen Deutschland"
  • "Die rätselhafte Stabilität der DDR : Arbeit und Alltag im sozialistischen Deutschland"
  • "Conflict and stability in the German democratic republic"
  • "Die rätselhafte stabilität der DDR : arbeit und alltag im sozialistischen Deutschland"