Dealing with the Devil: East Germany, Détente, and Ostpolitik, 1969-1973

by M.E. Sarotte and Mary Elise Sarotte

Book Overview

Using new archival sources--including previously secret documents of the East German secret police and Communist Party--M. E. Sarotte goes behind the scenes of Cold War Germany during the era of detente, as East and West tried negotiation instead of confrontation to settle their differences. In Dealing with the Devil, she explores the motives of the German Democratic Republic and its Soviet backers in responding to both the detente initiatives,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807849154
• ISBN13: 9780807849156
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"