german reunification question (1949-1990)

Includes a brief history of Germany and a look at the political, social, and economic effects of the country's reunification in 1990.

Reviews U.S. and German relations and assesses major developments and changing national policies.

An account of the reunification of Germany, providing an overview of modern German history and highlighting both the events that culminated in the unification of the divided nation and the challenges faced by the German people today.

Attempts to foresee what might be the political and economic significance of a reunited Germany. Reviews Germany's dark past in two world wars, its division into two hostile states, and the fears of Europeans and others of renewed German independence.