Table of Contents

Introduction , There Are No Good Germans: The Myth of Proletarian Internationalism, 1945–1949 , The Controversy over the Oder-Neisse Border, 1946–1949 , The Myth of the Stalinist Brotherhood, 1949–1954 , The Problems of German Repatriation, Reparations, and Trade, 1945–1953 , German Remilitarization and the Polish Thaw, 1954–1955 , Khrushchev's De-Stalinization Speech and Gomu?ka's Return to Power, January–October, 1956 , The Cold Winter of Polish–East German Relations, 1956–1957 , Gomu?ka's Trade Policies and the Recurring Problem of German Repatriation, 1953–1957 , Gomu?ka's Foreign Policy and the Ulbricht-Gomu?ka Summit, 1956–1957 , The Rapacki Plan and the German Question, 1957–1959 , The Right Road to Socialism and Ulbricht's Visit to Poland, 1958–1959 , The GDR as a Model for Polish Socialism, 1959–1961 , The Berlin Wall and the Détente in Polish–East German Relations, 1961–1962 , Conclusion

About the Author

Sheldon Anderson is an Associate Professor of History and International Studies at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Anderson holds a Ph.D. in History, and he specializes in Cold War diplomacy and East Central European history. He has published several books and articles on related subjects. Anderson is a recipient of the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies Grant, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Research Grant, the Fulbright-Hayes Grant to Czechoslovakia, and the University of Minnesota Graduate School Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship.