Honecker's Germany (RLE: German Politics) Moscow's German Ally Routledge Library Editions: German Politics Series

Picking up many of themes of David Childs? earlier book, The GDR: Moscow?s German Ally, this book discusses the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1971 until the mid 1980s. Written at a time when the GDR was one of the most modern and successful socialist states, with a growing importance within the socialist bloc and the global stage, this books examined a number of important topics such as GDR relations with the USSR and the USA, the GDR Navy, the church in the GDR and the economy of the GDR.

Preface. Introduction 1. The Socialist Unity Part 2. The Written Constitution - the Basic Law of a Socialist State? 3. The Economy of the German Democratic Republic 4. Education Under the Honeckers 5. The Church in the German Democratic Republic 6. The Significance of East German Intellectuals in Opposition 7. Woman, Myth and Magic: On Christa Wolf’s Kassandra and Irmtraud Morgner’s 8. Youth - Not So Very Different 9. East German naval Build-Up Dale R. Herspring 10. The German Democratic Republic and the Soviet Union 11. The German Democratic Republic and the United States