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The End of the Cold War?

Bush, Kohl, Gorbachev, and the Reunification of Germany

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  • © 2015

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Authors:
  1. Alexander Plato
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Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History (PSOH)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction: The Historian as a Detective

    1. Introduction: The Historian as a Detective

      • Alexander von Plato
      Pages 1-3

  3. Documents and Remembrances

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. The Beginnings

      • Alexander von Plato
      Pages 7-19

    3. Summer 1989: Gorbachev in Bonn

      • Alexander von Plato
      Pages 21-31

    4. Gorbachev and the “Soviet Fatherhood” of the GDR

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      Pages 33-60

    5. Coincidence as the Helper: Pushing Movements, Driven Politicians

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      Pages 61-146

    6. 2+4, 4+2, or 33+2? The Centers of Power Take Over the Negotiations on the International Aspects of Unity

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      Pages 147-220

    7. Elections in the GDR and Their Consequences

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      Pages 221-253

    8. What Is National and What Is International in the 2+4 Negotiations?

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      Pages 255-311

    9. Signing of the Contracts

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      Pages 313-325

    10. Summary and Prospects for the Future

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      Pages 327-343

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 345-439
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About this book

This carefully researched history draws on archival sources as well as a wealth of new interviews with on-the-ground activists, political actors, international figures, and others to move beyond the narratives both the German and American varieties that have dominated the historical memory of German reunification.

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“The End of the Cold War is both a serious academic study and a lively and engaging read; it offers the fascinating perspectives of those who drove, and were sometimes driven by, this chaotic series of events. In general, von Plato’s considerable skills as influential and productive oral historian are evident here, along with his passion to understand better this landmark event in the recent history of his German home.” (Stephen Sloan, The Oral History Review, 2017)

About the author

Alexander von Plato was founder and director of the Institute for History and Biography of the University of Hagen, guest professor in Vienna and Winnipeg, recipient of the Diefenbaker Award 2012)

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