{"product_id":"making-of-the-gdr-1945-53-9780719069819","title":"Making of the Gdr, 1945-53","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Pritchard masterfully interweaves materials from professional journals, memoirs, interview protocols, diaries, Eastern and Western historical interpretations, as well as a wide range of state and party archives. The result is an impressive and important achievement that belongs on the shelf of anyone interested in the foundation period of East European Communist regimes.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe making of the GDR 1945-53\u003c\/em\u003e is a groundbreaking analysis of the Stalinisation of East Germany. Whereas most traditional accounts have explained the creation of the GDR in terms of high politics and of Soviet foreign policy, this book focuses on the social roots of the emerging dictatorship. These were located above all in the traditions of the German labour movement and the history of the anti-Nazi resistance. The GDR was not imposed on the East German people at the point of Russian bayonets; it emerged out of the interaction between Soviet occupation policy and the politics of the East German working class. \u003cem\u003eThe making of the GDR 1945-53\u003c\/em\u003e also tells a powerful human story, in which the aspirations of antifascists and Socialists were manipulated and ultimately betrayed by Stalinism.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Based on extensive research, this book will be of interest to those concerned with the division of Germany, the nature of the GDR, and the whole trajectory of post-war German politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gareth Pritchard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/13\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.12h x 6.24w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780719069819\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGareth Pritchard is Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Wales, Swansea\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40104773419123,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":25.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_5657fd8b-ff2d-4a9e-a557-6e5b8d2865c0.jpg?v=1653229960","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/making-of-the-gdr-1945-53-9780719069819","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}