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The Campaign State : Communist Mobilizations for the East German Countryside, 1945-1990 /

Communist regimes are defined by dictatorial power, state planning, and active propaganda machines. In The Campaign State, Gregory Witkowski explores the intersection of these three elements in East Germany by focusing on mass mobilizations. He dissects the anatomy of campaigns and argues that while...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Witkowski, Gregory R. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2018
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : campaigns in context
  • Out of ruins? Creating an East German state, 1945-1952
  • State planning in action : communist campaigns in the era of collectivization, 1953-1961
  • Recruiting the "best workers"
  • Workers to the countryside!
  • Reforms new opportunities after the Berlin Wall
  • Campaigns in Honecker's Germany
  • Conclusion : evaluating the campaign state.