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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| ISBN 13 | 9780199259892 |
| Book Subtitle | West Germany And Eastern Europe 1945-1990 |
| Book Description | This book breaks new ground by connecting two central problems faced by the Federal Republic of Germany prior to reunification in 1990, both of them rooted in the Second World War. Domestically, the country had to integrate eight million expellees forced out of their homes in Central and Eastern Europe as a result of the lost war. Externally, it had to re-establish relations with Eastern Europe, despite the burdens of the Nazi past, the expulsions, and the ongoing East-West struggle in the Cold War. This study shows how the long-term consequences of the expellee problem significantly hindered West German efforts to develop normal ties to the East European states. In particular, it emphasizes a point largely overlooked in the existing literature: the way in which the political integration of the expellees into the Federal Republic had unanticipated negative consequences for the country's Ostpolitik. |
| Editorial Review | ...superb... * Annual Bulletin of Historical Literature * ...an easily accessible and very readable contribution * Thomas Horber, Francia 32/3 * |
| About the Author | Pertti Ahonen is Senior Lecturer in European History at the University of Edinburgh. A native of Finland, he compelted his Ph.D. in Modern European History at Yale University in 1999, and taught at the University of Sheffield before moving to Edinburgh in 2005. |
| Language | English |
| Author | Pertti Ahonen |
| Publication Date | 01 Feb 2004 |
| Number of Pages | 324 |
After The Expulsion: West Germany And Eastern Europe 1945-1990 hardcover english - 01 Feb 2004
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