Table of Contents

Introduction: On the Politics of History, the Making of Deals, and the Way the Old Becomes the New, Frédéric Bozo, Andreas Rödder, and Mary Elise Sarotte

Part I: The Two Germanies and Unification

1. The Revolution in Germany: The End of the SED Dictatorship, East German Society and Reunification, Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk

2. Transferring a Civil Revolution into High Politics: The West German Drive for Unification and the New European Order, Andreas Rödder

Part II: Superpowers React

3. "His East European Allies Say They Want to Be in NATO": US Foreign Policy, German Unification, and NATO’s Role in European Security, 1989-1990, Mary Elise Sarotte

4. Gorbachev, German Reunification, and Soviet Demise, Vladislav Zubok

Part III: Western Europe Reacts

5. From "Yalta" to Maastricht: Mitterrand’s France and German Unification, Frédéric Bozo

6. Not a Wholly New Europe: How the Integration Framework Shaped the End of the Cold War in Europe, Piers Ludlow

7. The United Kingdom: Divided Counsels, Global Concerns, Patrick Salmon

Part IV: Central and Eastern Europe React

8. Pivots in Poland’s Response to German Unification, Gregory Domber

9. Germany’s Unification, Its Eastern Neighbors, and European Security, Vojtech Mastny

About the Author

Frédéric Bozo is Professor of Contemporary History, Sorbonne (University of Paris III), and author/editor of numerous titles, including Mitterrand, the End of the Cold War, and German Unification (2009).

Andreas Rödder is Professor of Contemporary History at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, and author of multiple titles, including Deutschland einig Vaterland: The History of Reunification (2009).

Mary Elise Sarotte is Dean’s Professor of History at the University of Southern California (USC), and author of, most recently, The Collapse: The Accidental Opening of the Berlin Wall (2014).