Description
- ISBN-10: 0521802083
- ISBN-13: 978-0521802086
- Edition: Edition
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Publication date: 9 April 2001
- Language: English
- Dimensions: 15.88 x 1.91 x 22.86 cm
- Print length: 274 pages
Availability: In Stock
Judging the Past in Unified Germany
SKU: 9780521802086
Original price was: ₹6,523.00.₹4,239.95Current price is: ₹4,239.95.
Explore how unified Germany confronts its communist past in A. James McAdams’ insightful book. Discover the complex strategies, including criminal trials, administrative vetting, truth commissions, and property restitution, employed to address the legacy of East Germany’s injustices. Based on extensive interviews, this study offers a compelling examination of the challenges faced by German officials in judging a former regime. McAdams provocatively argues that the effectiveness of these policies lay in their use of East German history to legitimize actions. A must-read for anyone interested in transitional justice, German reunification, and the process of historical reckoning in modern democracies. This essential volume from The Bookish Owl provides deep insights into a pivotal moment in recent European history.
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