Uprising In East Germany 1953
Subtitle: The Cold War, the German Question, and the First Major Upheaval Behind the Iron Curtain (National Security Archive Cold War Readers)
Contributors: Christian F. Ostermann (Compiler, Editor); Malcolm Byrne (Editor, Preface)
Publisher: Central European University Press
Published: July 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 451
ISBN-13: 9789639241176
Subjects: European history: postwar, from c 1945 -; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Sources; History; German reunification question; History - General History; Political History; History: World; Europe; Europe - Germany; Modern - 20th Century/Nuclear Age; Uprising, 1953; Cold War; German reunification question (1949-1990); Germany (East)
First sentence: The roots of the summer 1953 East German crisis date back to July 1952, when the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) adopted a crash socialization and collectivization program termed the "Planned Construction of Socialism."