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Stalin's Unwanted Child

The Soviet Union, the German Question and the Founding of the GDR

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  • © 1998

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Authors:
  1. Wilfried Loth

    1. University of Essen, Germany

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. A Programme for Germany

    • Wilfried Loth
    Pages 1-21

  3. First Setbacks

    • Wilfried Loth
    Pages 22-47

  4. From Paris to London

    • Wilfried Loth
    Pages 48-71

  5. The Cominform Line

    • Wilfried Loth
    Pages 72-94

  6. Zigzag to the Eastern State

    • Wilfried Loth
    Pages 95-120

  7. Between Two Goals

    • Wilfried Loth
    Pages 121-146

  8. Ulbricht’s Revolution

    • Wilfried Loth
    Pages 147-170

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 171-234
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How did Germany come to be divided during the Cold War? The renowned German historian Wilfired Loth has examined the archives of the Eastern side and comes to fascinating conclusions. He demonstrates that Stalin wanted neither a separate state on the soil of the Soviet Occupation Zone nor a socialist state in Germany at all. Instead, Stalin sought a joint administration of Germany by the victorious powers, a Germany along the lines of the Weimar Republic. The socialist separate state of the GDR is primarily the product of Walter Ulbricht's revolutionary zeal, which was able to unfold in the context of the Western walling-off policy.

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'An interpretation which should and must have great repercussions in the scholarly and public discussion.' - Professor Jost Dulffer, Handelsblatt

'A highly-recommendable book.' - Professor Hulmut Grieser, Das Historisch-Politische Buch

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  • University of Essen, Germany

    Wilfried Loth

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