Friendly Enemies: Britain and the Gdr, 1949-1990

by Stefan Berger and Norman LaPorte

Book Overview

During the Cold War, Britain had an astonishing number of contacts and connections with one of the Soviet Bloc's most hard-line regimes: the German Democratic Republic. The left wing of the British Labour Party and the Trade Unions often had closer ties with communist East Germany than the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB). There were strong connections between the East German and British churches, women's movements, and peace movements;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782386858
• ISBN13: 9781782386858
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"