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02536aam a2200433Ii 4500 001 4326DF3A61B211EE96A426B62DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231003010052 008 230830r20232023nyuabf b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2023930577 020 $a 1541602579 020 $a 9781541602571 040 $d SILO 043 $a e-ge--- 050 14 $a DD282 $b .H69 2023 082 04 $a 943/.1087 $2 23/eng/20230830 100 1 $a Hoyer, Katja, $e author. 245 10 $a Beyond the wall : $b a history of East Germany / $c Katja Hoyer. 250 $a First US edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Basic Books, $c 2023. 300 $a 475 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (some color), maps ; $c 25 cm. 500 $a Originally published in 2023 by Allen Lane in Great Britain. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-446) and index. 505 0 $a Trapped between Hitler and Stalin (1918-1945) -- Risen from the ruins (1945-1949) -- Birth pangs (1949-1952) -- Building socialism (1952-1961) -- Brick by brick (1951-1965) -- The other Germany (1965-1971) -- Planned miracles (1971-1975) -- Friends and enemies (1976-1981) -- Existential carefreeness (1981-1986) -- Everything takes its socialist course (1987-1990) -- Epilogue: Unity. 520 $a This best-selling history of East Germany begins with its inception in the aftermath of World War II, its crucial role in the Cold War, and its eventual demise during the collapse of Communism in the late 1980s. 520 $a When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany ceased to be. For over forty years the German Democratic Republic presented a radically different Germany than what had come before and what exists today. Hoyer sets aside the usual Cold War caricatures of the GDR to offer a new vision of this vanished country. She reveals the rich political, social and cultural landscape that existed amid oppression and hardship. -- adapted from jacket. 651 0 $a Germany (East) $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a Germany (East) $x Politics and government. 650 7 $a HISTORY / Europe / Germany. $2 bisacsh. 941 $a 8 952 $l VCPD034 $d 20240418010248.0 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417020709.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20240202011655.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20240201010255.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20231104011811.0 952 $l DBPE173 $d 20231014010144.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20231003012250.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20231003012019.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4326DF3A61B211EE96A426B62DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search