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Studien zur Zeitgeschichte

Edited by: Institut für Zeitgeschichte

ISSN: 2192-0761

eISSN: 2192-0370

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In der Reihe werden fast ausschließlich Manuskripte veröffentlicht, die dem Institut von außerhalb angeboten werden. Eine Veröffentlichung erfolgt erst nach einem mehrstufigen – positiv verlaufenen – Begutachtungsverfahren. Zumeist werden pro Jahr zwei Monographien publiziert, deren Umfang 500 Seiten nicht überschreiten sollte. Die bisher erschienenen Arbeiten weisen ein breites Themenspektrum auf, wobei der Schwerpunkt bisher auf der NS-Forschung lag. Die Reihe beschränkt sich nicht auf Darstellungen über die deutsche Geschichte im 20. Jahrhundert, sondern rückt zunehmend auch geschichtliche Entwicklungen in anderen europäischen Staaten in den Blick. Für die redaktionelle Betreuung der Manuskripte ist Petra Weber zuständig.

Book 2021

Geistige Nachrüstung

Ronald Reagan und die Deutschlandpolitik der U.S. Information Agency 1981–1987

Cedric Bierganns

Volume 95 in this series

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The cultural Cold War was an advertising battle for hearts and minds. From the NATO Double-Track Decision to the INF Treaty, the US was not just negotiating medium-range ballistic missiles but also fighting to intellectually mobilize the German public. Nuclear protests and the peace movement jeopardized cooperation between the members of the Western defense alliance, necessitating communication strategies that are still influential today.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110728248
ISBN:: 9783110728248
ISBN:: 9783110728316
ISBN:: 9783110728132
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Contemporary History since 1945
Subject:: Cold War
Subject:: Regional and National History
Subject:: Germany
Subject:: General German History
Subject:: Topics in History
Subject:: Military History
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2021

Hermann Dietrich

Bürgertum und Liberalismus in der Weimarer Republik

Desiderius Meier

Volume 94 in this series

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Hermann Dietrich was a leading politician during the first era of German democracy. Desiderius Meier examines the thought and actions of a Weimar liberal, viewing him as a representative of a bourgeoisie shaken by crisis. Combining political, social, and cultural historical perspectives, he offers broad new insights on the political and economic turbulence of the Weimar era.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110686678
ISBN:: 9783110686678
ISBN:: 9783110686821
ISBN:: 9783110681543
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Contemporary History until 1945
Subject:: Other Topics
Subject:: Weimar Republic
Subject:: Regional and National History
Subject:: Germany
Subject:: General German History
Publisher:: De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Book 2020

Licht, Luft, Sonne, Hygiene

Architektur und Moderne in Bayern zur Zeit der Weimarer Republik

Franz Hauner

Volume 93 in this series

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This regional historical study examines architecture and modernity during the Weimar Republic in various Bavarian cities. Buildings of this epoch may not at first glance seem to belong to the “New Architecture.” Yet it is apparent that, in the construction of private dwellings, churches, hospitals, and sports facilities, tradition-steeped Catholic Bavaria set its own accents that diverged from the North-German Prussian avant-garde.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110636703
ISBN:: 9783110636703
ISBN:: 9783110777420
ISBN:: 9783110635744
ISBN:: 9783110635652
Subject:: Architecture and Design
Subject:: Architecture
Subject:: History
Subject:: History, general
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Contemporary History until 1945
Subject:: Other Topics
Subject:: Weimar Republic
Subject:: Topics in History
Subject:: Social History
Publisher:: De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Book Open Access 2017

DDR und PLO

Die Palästinapolitik des SED-Staates

Lutz Kreller (vormals: Maeke)

Volume 92 in this series

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Were Erich Honecker and Yasser Arafat a real-life example of male friendship? Or was the reality quite different? Almost 30 years after the demise of the GDR, this study is the first comprehensive national and international academic examination of East German–Palestinian relations. Its findings cast doubt on virtually all previously accepted truisms about the GDR’s PLO and Palestine policies.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110550108
ISBN:: 9783110550108
ISBN:: 9783110548150
ISBN:: 9783110547894
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Contemporary History since 1945
Subject:: East and West Germany
Subject:: Topics in History
Subject:: Global History
Publisher:: De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Book Open Access 2016

Wehrmachtjustiz an der "Heimatfront"

Die Militärgerichte des Ersatzheeres im Zweiten Weltkrieg

Kerstin Theis

Volume 91 in this series

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This study paints a comprehensive picture of military justice in the Ersatzheer, or replacement army of the Wehrmacht, which had various home-front tasks. The author analyzes the operation of Ersatzheer military courts during the Second World War. She offers a general portrait of court personnel, and describes their attempts as an “extended arm of the Wehrmacht” to militarize society.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110405613
ISBN:: 9783110405613
ISBN:: 9783110405644
ISBN:: 9783110405583
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Contemporary History until 1945
Subject:: Other Topics
Subject:: World War II
Subject:: Topics in History
Subject:: Military History
Publisher:: De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Book Open Access 2016

Von den Besiegten lernen?

Die kriegsgeschichtliche Kooperation der U.S. Armee und der ehemaligen Wehrmachtselite 1945-1961

Esther-Julia Howell

Volume 90 in this series

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From 1945 to 1961, former Wehrmacht officers undertook thousands of historical studies on behalf of the US army. Shared points of view with the Americans and the advent of the Cold War enabled the German soldiers to develop a self-justifying interpretation of history that denied the German war of extermination. The Historical Division actively contributed to the transatlantic dissemination of this myth of the “clean Wehrmacht.”

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110415391
ISBN:: 9783110414783
ISBN:: 9783110415391
ISBN:: 9783110415681
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Contemporary History since 1945
Subject:: Other Topics
Subject:: Regional and National History
Subject:: Germany
Subject:: General German History
Subject:: Topics in History
Subject:: Military History
Publisher:: De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Book Open Access 2016

Die Stadt, das Geld und der Markt

Immobilienspekulation in der Bundesrepublik 1960-1985

Karl Christian Führer

Volume 89 in this series

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In West Germany profit-hungry speculators were blamed for rising real estate prices and rental costs. Karl Christian Führer analyzes events in the real estate markets in major cities such as Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg, Cologne, and West Berlin and the heated debate about speculation before 1985. He shatters popular notions while offering salient new data for an informed discussion about freedom and regulation in the housing market.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110415414
ISBN:: 9783110414790
ISBN:: 9783110415414
ISBN:: 9783110415667
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Contemporary History since 1945
Subject:: East and West Germany
Subject:: Regional and National History
Subject:: Germany
Subject:: General German History
Subject:: Topics in History
Subject:: Economic History
Publisher:: De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Book Open Access 2015

Frieden durch Kommunikation

Das System Genscher und die Entspannungspolitik im Zweiten Kalten Krieg 1979-1982/83

Agnes Bresselau von Bressensdorf

Volume 88 in this series

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At the end of the 1970s West Germany’s foreign minister Genscher faced the challenge of defending the Social-Liberal coalition’s policy of détente against the approaching “Second Cold War.‎” The unique features of his communication policy were demonstrated in his responses to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the Polish crisis. The author sees the basis for his long-term success as stemming from a specific “Genscher system.”

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110404692
ISBN:: 978-3-11-040464-7
ISBN:: 978-3-11-040469-2
ISBN:: 9783110404739
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Contemporary History since 1945
Subject:: East and West Germany
Subject:: Cold War
Subject:: Regional and National History
Subject:: Germany
Subject:: General German History
Publisher:: De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Book Open Access 2015

Genuss als Politikum

Kaffeekonsum in beiden deutschen Staaten

Monika Sigmund

Volume 87 in this series

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In East and West Germany, coffee took on great symbolic value as an indicator of prosperity, both for the individual and society. In her comparative and richly illustrated presentation, Monika Sigmund reveals the status and emotional valence that were associated with drinking a cup of coffee. In both Germanys, coffee consumption was far more than just a private act.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110348736
ISBN:: 978-3-486-77841-0
ISBN:: 978-3-11-034873-6
ISBN:: 9783110397093
Subject:: History
Subject:: Regional and National History
Subject:: Germany
Subject:: General German History
Publisher:: De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Book Open Access 2014

Auf der Suche nach einem "anderen Deutschland"

Das Verhältnis Frankreichs zur DDR im Spannungsfeld von Perzeption und Diplomatie

Christian Wenkel

Volume 86 in this series

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In France, the notion of the “other Germany” was at once myth and model. How else do we explain France's intensive contact with East Germany? Using a broad range of sources, Christian Wenkel examines the basic specifics of France-East German relations and analyzes the genesis and evolution of ties at the economic, cultural, parliamentary, and political levels.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1524/9783486719314
ISBN:: 978-3-486-70312-2
ISBN:: 978-3-486-71931-4
ISBN:: 9783486989618
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Contemporary History since 1945
Subject:: East and West Germany
Publisher:: De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Book Open Access 2012

Bürgerwille und Gebietsreform

Demokratieentwicklung und Neuordnung von Staat und Gesellschaft in Nordrhein-Westfalen 1965-2000

Sabine Mecking

Volume 85 in this series