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Friendly Enemies: Britain and the GDR, 1949-1990
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Friendly Enemies: Britain and the GDR, 1949-1990 Hardcover - 2010

by Berger, Stefan

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  • Title Friendly Enemies: Britain and the GDR, 1949-1990
  • Author Berger, Stefan
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st HARDCOVER
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 400
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Berghahn Books, New York
  • Date 2010-05-01
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 1845456971.G
  • ISBN 9781845456979 / 1845456971
  • Weight 1.62 lbs (0.73 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.88 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 2.24 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Historical
    • Cultural Region: British
    • Cultural Region: Germany
  • Library of Congress subjects Cold War, Great Britain - Foreign relations - Germany
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010007452
  • Dewey Decimal Code 327.410

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During the Cold War, Britain had an astonishing number of contacts and connections with one of the Soviet Bloc's most hard-line regimes: the German Democratic Republic. The left wing of the British Labour Party and the Trade Unions often had closer ties with communist East Germany than the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB). There were strong connections between the East German and British churches, women's movements, and peace movements; influential conservative politicians and the Communist leadership in the GDR had working relationships; and lucrative contracts existed between business leaders in Britain and their counterparts in East Germany. Based on their extensive knowledge of the documentary sources, the authors provide the first comprehensive study of Anglo-East German relations in this surprisingly under-researched field. They examine the complex motivations underlying different political groups' engagement with the GDR, and offer new and interesting insights into British political culture during the Cold War.

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  • Choice, 03/01/2011, Page 0
  • Reference and Research Bk News, 11/01/2010, Page 26