CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE TO THE 2015 EDITION vii
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS viii
5. ABBREVIATIONS ix
6. INTRODUCTION 1
7. Part 1 IMAGES OF A SOCIAL CRISIS
8. Introduction 11
9. Chapter 1 GENERAL CONDITIONS 14
10. Chapter 2 THE GDR IN ITS INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT 48
11. Chapter 3 SYMPTOMS OF CRISIS 84
12. Chapter 4 NUANCES Regional Variations and Subcultures 111
13. Chapter 5 COUNTERMOVEMENTS The Pull of the West and the Churches 144
14. Chapter 6 OPPOSITION IN THE SED STATE 190
15. Chapter 7 GERMINATION TIME The Ossietzky Affair 240
16. Part 2 FROM THE SOCIAL CRISIS TO A CRISIS OF THE DICTATORSHIP
17. Chapter 8 THE SOCIAL CRISIS DEEPENS 249
18. Chapter 9 REGIME COLLAPSE AND HISTORIC DAYS 288
19. Part 3 THE FALL OF A DICTATORSHIP
20. Chapter 10 FROM DEMONSTRATIONS TO THE FALL OF THE WALL 341
21. Chapter 11 THE FALLOUT 386
22. Chapter 12 FORGING A NEW PATH Elections and Reunification 415
23. CONCLUSION Th e Revolution: Or Otto Schily as a Symbol 454
24. AFTERWORD TO THE 2022 EDITION From the Revolution in the GDR in 1989 to Eastern Germany in the Twenty-First Century 465
25. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 493
26. INDEX 501