This volume appraises German unification as international history, drawing on the wealth of evidence that has become available, while providing a synoptic overview of the historiography on the end of the Cold War.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: On the Politics of History, the Making of Deals, and the Way the Old Becomes the New, Frédéric Bozo, Andreas Rödder, and Mary Elise Sarotte
Part I: The Two Germanies and Unification
1. The Revolution in Germany: The End of the SED Dictatorship, East German Society and Reunification, Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk
2. Transferring a Civil Revolution into High Politics: The West German Drive for Unification and the New European Order, Andreas Rödder
Part II: Superpowers React
3. "His East European Allies Say They Want to Be in NATO": US Foreign Policy, German Unification, and NATO's Role in European Security, 1989-1990, Mary Elise Sarotte
4. Gorbachev, German Reunification, and Soviet Demise, Vladislav Zubok
Part III: Western Europe Reacts
5. From "Yalta" to Maastricht: Mitterrand's France and German Unification, Frédéric Bozo
6. Not a Wholly New Europe: How the Integration Framework Shaped the End of the Cold War in Europe, Piers Ludlow
7. The United Kingdom: Divided Counsels, Global Concerns, Patrick Salmon
Part IV: Central and Eastern Europe React
8. Pivots in Poland's Response to German Unification, Gregory Domber
9. Germany's Unification, Its Eastern Neighbors, and European Security, Vojtech Mastny
