In light and shade : British views of Germany since 1945
Since 1945 the state now known as the Federal Republic of Germany has experienced: âą quadripartite military occupation âą . division into two states organised in line with Cold War polarity âą the construction and fortification of a brutal border and (following an unforeseen chain of events) âą a spectacular dismantling of that order and the subsequent re-joining of the previously divided parts. Following that, there has been an alignment and absorption of the newly created single state into the framework of Western democracy in its broadest sense. The process of the British accommodation to these changing German identities represents the main themes of these collected publications. Together, they seek to portray the complexity of the role Britain has played in constructing, managing and accepting this accommodation. Individually, they chart steps along the way. Though attention has rightly been paid elsewhere to the variety of roles and policy positions adopted by the two German states and by the new single one via-A-vis relations with other European states, the impact of these on relations with Germany's former victors from World War Two and subsequent allies, East or West, represents a more recently
Howarth, Marianne
Unification; DDR; GDR; Military occupation
In light and shade : British views of Germany since 1945. Since 1945 the state now known as the Federal Republic of Germany has experienced: âą quadripartite military occupation âą . division into two states organised in line with Cold War polarity âą the construction and fortification of a brutal border and (following an unforeseen chain of events) âą a spectacular dismantling of that order and the subsequent re-joining of the previously divided parts. Following that, there has been an alignment and absorption of the newly created single state into the framework of Western democracy in its broadest sense. The process of the British accommodation to these changing German identities represents the main themes of these collected publications. Together, they seek to portray the complexity of the role Britain has played in constructing, managing and accepting this accommodation. Individually, they chart steps along the way. Though attention has rightly been paid elsewhere to the variety of roles and policy positions adopted by the two German states and by the new single one via-A-vis relations with other European states, the impact of these on relations with Germany's former victors from World War Two and subsequent allies, East or West, represents a more recently
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