End Game
eBook - ePub

End Game

The 1989 Revolution in East Germany

  1. 682 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

End Game

The 1989 Revolution in East Germany

About this book

The fall of the Berlin Wall, and the chain of events leading up to it, arguably constitute one of the most thoroughly documented episodes in recent history. Nonetheless, most accounts have focused predominantly on high-level politics and diplomacy along with the most dramatic and photogenic public displays. End Game, a rich, sweeping account of the autumn of 1989 as it was experienced "on the ground" in the German Democratic Republic, powerfully depicting the desolation and dysfunction that shaped everyday life for so many East Germans in the face of economic disruption and political impotence. Citizens' frustration mounted until it bubbled over in the form of massive demonstrations and other forms of protest. Following the story up to the first free elections in March 1990, the volume combines abundant detail with sharp analysis and helps us to see this familiar historical moment through new eyes.

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Information

Publisher
Berghahn Books
Year
2022
Print ISBN
9781800736214
eBook ISBN
9781800736221
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
20th Century History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Preface to the 2015 Edition
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. List of Abbreviations
  8. Introduction
  9. Part 1. Images of a Social Crisis
  10. Part 2. From the Social Crisis to a Crisis of the Dictatorship
  11. Part 3. The Fall of a Dictatorship
  12. Conclusion. The Revolution: Or Otto Schily as a Symbol
  13. Afterword to the 2022 Edition. From the Revolution in the GDR in 1989 to Eastern Germany in the Twenty-First Century
  14. Select Bibliography
  15. Index