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Peer reviewedKraemer, Dagmar – Social Education, 1993
Presents a selective chronology of three aspects of German history since World War II: the origins of the postwar division of Germany; the effects of two major policy decisions by West Germany after 1949; and the unification process after 1989. Contends that France and Germany will remain the core nations in the evolution of the European…
Descriptors: Current Events, Ethnic Groups, European History, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedDinan, Desmond – Social Education, 1993
Reviews the economic restoration of West Germany through the Marshall Plan following World War II. Traces the development of the European Community from the Schuman Declaration of 1950 to the present. Contends that Germany's economy must remain closely tied to a united Europe in the post-Cold War international system. (CFR)
Descriptors: Economic Change, Economic Development, European History, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedDiehl, James M. – History Teacher, 1989
Analyzes how Germans viewed defeat after the two world wars, and how these perceptions influenced subsequent political developments. Compares questions of guilt and responsibility following the two wars. Examines the growth of democracy, its defeat after World War I, and success after World War II. Discusses the influences of the occupation…
Descriptors: Democracy, European History, History, International Crimes
Peer reviewedMoldenhauer, Gebhard – European Education, 1991
Describes textbooks of both East and West Germany from 1949-56, 1957-62, 1963-69, and 1970 on. Discusses a shift in West German texts from intense antagonism during the Cold War to a more critical comparison by the 1980s. Compares East German text development that increased in hostility over time, viewing West Germany as a negative alternative to…
Descriptors: Capitalism, Communism, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries
