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- catalog abstract ""The Berlin Wall was the symbol of the Cold War. For the first time, this book tells the behind-the-scenes story of the communists' decision to build the Wall in 1961. Hope Harrison's use of archival sources from the former East German and Soviet regimes is unrivaled, and from these sources she builds a highly original and provocative argument: the East Germans pushed the reluctant Soviets into building the Berlin Wall." "This work portrays the different approaches favored by the East Germans and the Soviets to stop the exodus of refugees to West Germany. In the wake of Stalin's death in 1953, the Soviets refused the East German request to close their border to West Berlin. The Kremlin rulers told the hard-line East German leaders to solve their refugee problem not by closing the border, but by alleviating their domestic and foreign problems. The book describes how, over the next seven years, the East German regime managed to resist Soviet pressures for liberalization and instead pressured the Soviets into allowing them to build the Berlin Wall. Driving the Soviets up the Wall forces us to view this critical juncture in the Cold War in a different light. Harrison's work makes us rethink the nature of relations between countries of the Soviet bloc even at the height of the Cold War, while also contributing to ongoing debates over the capacity of weaker states to influence their stronger allies."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12983984.
- catalog coverage "Germany (East) Relations Soviet Union.".
- catalog coverage "Soviet Union Relations Germany (East)".
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""The Berlin Wall was the symbol of the Cold War. For the first time, this book tells the behind-the-scenes story of the communists' decision to build the Wall in 1961. Hope Harrison's use of archival sources from the former East German and Soviet regimes is unrivaled, and from these sources she builds a highly original and provocative argument: the East Germans pushed the reluctant Soviets into building the Berlin Wall." "This work portrays the different approaches favored by the East Germans and the Soviets to stop the exodus of refugees to West Germany. In the wake of Stalin's death in 1953, the Soviets refused the East German request to close their border to West Berlin. The Kremlin rulers told the hard-line East German leaders to solve their refugee problem not by closing the border, but by alleviating their domestic and foreign problems. The book describes how, over the next seven years, the East German regime managed to resist Soviet pressures for liberalization and instead pressured the Soviets into allowing them to build the Berlin Wall. Driving the Soviets up the Wall forces us to view this critical juncture in the Cold War in a different light. Harrison's work makes us rethink the nature of relations between countries of the Soviet bloc even at the height of the Cold War, while also contributing to ongoing debates over the capacity of weaker states to influence their stronger allies."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-335) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: The Dynamics of Soviet-East German Relations in the Early Cold War -- Ch. 1. 1953: Soviet-East German Relations and Power Struggles in Moscow and Berlin -- Ch. 2. 1956-1958: Soviet and East German Policy Debates in the Wake of the Twentieth Party Congress -- Ch. 3. 1958-1960: Khrushchev Takes on the West in the Berlin Crisis -- Ch. 4. 1960-1961: Ulbricht, Khrushchev, and the Berlin Wall.".
- catalog extent "xx, 345 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0691096783 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Princeton studies in international history and politics".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Germany (East) Relations Soviet Union.".
- catalog spatial "Soviet Union Relations Germany (East)".
- catalog subject "327.43/1047/09045 21".
- catalog subject "DD284.5.S65 H368 2003".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: The Dynamics of Soviet-East German Relations in the Early Cold War -- Ch. 1. 1953: Soviet-East German Relations and Power Struggles in Moscow and Berlin -- Ch. 2. 1956-1958: Soviet and East German Policy Debates in the Wake of the Twentieth Party Congress -- Ch. 3. 1958-1960: Khrushchev Takes on the West in the Berlin Crisis -- Ch. 4. 1960-1961: Ulbricht, Khrushchev, and the Berlin Wall.".
- catalog title "Driving the Soviets up the wall : Soviet-East German relations, 1953-1961 / Hope M. Harrison.".
- catalog type "text".