The East German leadership and the division of Germany patriotism and propaganda 1945-1953 / [electronic resource] :
Dirk Spilker.
- Oxford : Clarendon, 2006.
- 1 online resource (xi, 296 p.).
- Oxford historical monographs .
- Oxford historical monographs. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This is a study of the division of Germany after the Second World War and it draws on unpublished documents revealing the political realities of the situation in post-war Germany. It also reassesses the motivations and actions of the Western Allies and the Soviet bloc, as they manoeuvred to achieve their ends.