Uno più uno può fare tre, se il partito lo vuole! : : la Repubblica democratica tedesca tra Mosca e Bonn, 1971-1985 / / Valentina Zamperini.

• Superior document: Premio Ricerca «Città di Firenze» ; 41
• VerfasserIn: Zamperini, Valentina,
• Place / Publishing House: Firenze : : Firenze University Press,, 2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Premio Ricerca «Città di Firenze» ; 41.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (380 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).

This work analyses the evolution of the German Democratic Republic during 1971-1985, with particular attention to the economic sphere, relations with the Soviet Union and the Federal Republic of Germany, and the impact that changes in the international economic system have they had on these plans. The basic question concerns the actual degree of subordination of the GDR to the USSR: absolute for traditional historiography, which denies the possibility of an East German foreign policy, relative to the light of archival documents, which show a framework of bilateral relations constantly affected by tensions. In addition to analysing the relationships in an unequal alliance between centre and periphery, the study of the decision-making mechanisms internal to the GDR and the effectiveness of a system in which politics dictated the priority in terms of economic choices are at the centre of this volume.