Reviews

Yale historian Turner has composed a clear, brief political history. The special contribution of this general survey is the manner in which it presents the radically different political development and economic recovery of the two German states as an interlinked process depending primarily on the exigencies of the East-West Cold War conflict. From the early difficulties of postwar occupation, through the two Berlin crises, up to the present, the evolution of East and West Germany has been determined by its international context. For the nonspecialist seeking an introductory treatment of recent German history; for public libraries and beginning academic courses. James B. Street, Santa Cruz P.L., Cal.