| The              Library of Congress>>Especially              for Researchers>>Research              Centers   Home >> Country             Studies >> Germany, East (Former)FindinFederal Research                      Division PagesResearchers                      Web PagesAll Library of Congress PagesA Country Study: Germany, East (Former)**Library of Congress Call Number DD280.6                   .E22 1988**- German,                       East (Former)  ForewordAcknowledgments
- Preface  Table                       A. Chronology of Important EventsCountry                       Profile
Country
- Geography  SocietyEconomy
- Transportation                           and Communications  Government                           and PoliticsNational                           Security
- Introduction     - Chapter                       1 - Historical Setting  (James Gallagher)                            - Early                           History        - Ancient                               Period  Medieval                               Germany- Merovingian                                   Dynasty, ca. 500-751  Carolingian                                   Empire, 752 - 911Saxon                                   Dynasty, 919 - 1024
- Salian                                   Dynasty, 1024 - 1125  Hohenstaufen                                   Dynasty, 1138 - 1254Early                                   Habsburg Dynasty
- The                               Reformation and the Thirty Years' War  The                               End of the Holy Roman Empire and the Rise of PrussiaGerman                           Confederation
Age                               of Metternich
- Liberal                               Reform Movement  Bismarck                               and UnificationImperial                           Germany
Political                               Consolidation
- Bismarck's                               Fall  Industrial                               ExpansionWilhelmine                               Era
- World                               War I   Weimar                           Republic (1918-33)- Weimar                               Constitution  Problems                               of Parliamentary PoliticsStresemann                               Era
- Weimar                               Culture  Hitler                               and the Rise of National SocialismThird                           Reich
Consolidation                               of Power
- Mobilization                               for War  Foreign                               PolicyWorld                               War II
- Holocaust  Internal                               ResistanceGerman                           Democratic Republic
Postwar                               Government
- Integration                               into the Soviet System  Collectivization                               and Nationalization of Agriculture and IndustryNew                               Economic System
- Ulbricht                               Versus D�tente  Honecker                               and East-West RapprochementTwo                               Germanies
- Tenth                               Party Congress       - Chapter                       2 - The Society and Its Environment  (Stephen R. Burant)                            - Physical                           Environment        - Boundaries  TopographyPopulation
Historical                               Trends
- Population                               Structure and Dynamics  Settlement                               PatternsThe                           German People
Origins,                               Language, and Culture
- The                               German Question Today: One Nation or Two?    - Official                                   Policy  Development                                   of an East German National IdentityPublic                                   Attitudes on National Identity
- Minority                               Groups   Social                           Structure- The                               Working Class    - Housing  Health                                   and WelfareWages                                   and Prices
- The                               Political Elite  The                               Creative IntelligentsiaThe                               Technical Intelligentsia
- Institutions                           and Organs of Society    - The                               Family  Mass                               Organizations- Workers                                   and the Free German Trade Union Federation  Young                                   People and the Free German YouthWomen                                   and the Democratic Women's League of Germany
- The                               Educational System  Religion                               and Religious OrganizationsDissent
Chapter                       3 - The Economy
 (Becky A. Gates)                       
Resource                           Base 
- Labor                           Force   Economic                           Structure and its Control MechanismsEconomic                           Policy and Performance
- Economic                           Sectors    - Mining,                               Energy, and Industry  AgricultureTransportation                               and Communications
- Banking,                           Finance, and Currency  Foreign                           Trade The                           Consumer in the East German Economy
- The                           Five-Year Plan, 1986-90      - Chapter                       4 - Government and Politics  (Susan Larson)                            - Constitutional                           Framework        - Constitution                               of 1949  Constitution                               of 1968Amendments                               of 1974
- The                           State Apparatus    - Council                               of Ministers  Council                               of StateLegislature
- District                               and Local Government  JudiciaryThe                           Socialist Unity Party of Germany
Ideology                               and Politics
- Organization                               and Structure  PolitburoSecretariat
- Central                               Committee  District                               and Local Party LevelsSelection                               and Training Procedures
- Party                               Congresses  Alliance                               Policy- Christian                                   Democratic Union  Liberal                                   Democratic Party of GermanyDemocratic                                   Peasants' Party of Germany
- National                                   Democratic Party of Germany   The                               Party and the MediaPolitical                               Stability, Legitimation, and Succession
- Foreign                           Policy     - Principles                               of Foreign Policy  Relations                               with the Soviet Union- Determinants                                   of Policy Toward the Soviet Union  Joint                                   East German-Soviet Relations with the WestIdeological                                   and Political Collaboration
- Relations                               with West Germany  Policy                               Toward the Third WorldPolicy                               Toward the Industrial West
France
- The                                   United States        - Chapter                       5 - National Security  (Kathleen Luft)                            - The                           Soviet Zone of Occupation        - The                               Soviet Military Administration  Foundation                               of the People's PoliceThe                           Republic
Ministry                               of the Interior and the Soviet Control Commission
- Creation                               of the National Defense Forces under the Ministry                               of the Interior  Creation                               of the Ministry of State SecurityUprising
- The                               Establishment of the Ministry of Defense  East                               Germany Joins the Warsaw PactCrisis                               Control
- The                               National Security System and the Citizen    - Civil                                   Defense  Socialist                                   Military EducationPremilitary                                   Training by Mass Organizations
- Conscientious                                   Objection to Military Service   The                               National People's Army and the Third WorldArmed                           Forces 
Missions                               and Roles
- Ministry                               of Defense  Ground                               ForcesPeople's                               Navy
- Air                               Force/Air Defense Force  Border                               TroopsUniforms,                               Decorations, and Insignia
- Military                               Traditions and Ceremonies  Conditions                               of ServiceReserves                               and Mobilization
- The                               Group of Soviet Forces in Germany   Paramilitary                           Forces- Agencies                               of the Ministry of the Interior  Agencies                               of the Ministry of State SecurityThe                               Working-Class Combat Groups
- Civil                               Defense   Crime                           and Punishment- Public                               Order and Mass Participation  The                               Legal SystemThe                               Court System
- Penal                               Institutions  Penal                               CodeCriminal                               Behavior
- Appendices        - Appendix                           B. The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance  (Malinda                           K. Goodrich)                         Appendix                           C. The Warsaw Pact (Karl Wheeler Soper)                      Bibliography
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