Why did the German Democratic Republic last for so long--longer, in
fact, than the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich combined? This
book looks at various political, social, and economic conflicts at
the grass roots of the GDR in an attempt to answer this question
and account for regime stability. A local study, it examines
opposition and discontent in Saalfeld, an important industrial and
agricultural district. Based on previously inaccessible primary
sources as well as on interviews with local residents, the book
offers a novel explanation for the durability of the regime by
looking at how authorities tried to achieve harmony and consensus
through negotiation and compromise. At the same time, it shows how
official policies created deep-seated social cleavages that
promoted stability by hindering East Germans from presenting a
united front to authorities when mounting opposition or pressing
for change. All of this provides an indirect answer to perhaps the
major question of the postwar period: Why did the Cold War last as
long as it did?
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