the American decision to divide Germany, 1944-1949 /
First Statement of Responsibility
Carolyn Woods Eisenberg.
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New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1996.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xii, 522 pages :
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map ;
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24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 494-512) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Plans -- Making peace -- The limits of reform: the US zone -- A fragile friendship -- The Russian challenge -- Bizonal beginnings -- The doctors deliberate -- Marshall's medicine -- A separate state -- Cold War Germany -- Winning -- Conclusion: the American decision to divide Germany.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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In this fresh and challenging study of the origins of the Cold War, Professor Eisenberg traces the American role in dividing postwar Germany. Drawing on many original documentary sources, she examines the Allied meeting on the Elbe, follows the Great Powers through their confrontation in Berlin, and ends with the creation of the West German state in the fall of 1949. Unlike many works in the field, this book argues that the partition of Germany was fundamentally an American decision. U.S. policy makers chose partition, mobilized reluctant West Europeans behind that approach, and, by excluding the Soviets from West Germany, contributed to the isolation of East Germany and the emergence of the post-World War II U.S.-Soviet rivalry. The volume casts new light on the Berlin blockade, demonstrating that the United States rejected United Nations mediation and relied on its nuclear monopoly as the means of protecting its German agenda.
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No price : Formerly CIP
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
BMBF-Statusseminar
University of South Alabama
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Denazification.
Military government-- Germany-- History-- 20th century.
Reconstruction (1939-1951)-- Germany.
Dénazification.
Gouvernement militaire-- Allemagne-- Histoire-- 20e siècle.