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Erich Mielke, head of the infamous East German security police, the Stasi, later commented, We were prepared for everything except for candles and prayers. \u003cbr\u003e Appearing in autumn 2014, 25 years after the East European revolutions of 1989 and the fall of the Berlin Wall, the book provides important insights about democratic revolutions and the end of the Cold War. \u003cbr\u003e Patricia Smith traveled to East Germany for the first time in 1964, shortly after the Berlin Wall was built, and since 1986 she has returned to the region almost every year. As the recipient of an IREX (International Research and Exchanges Board) Fellowship, she spent 1991-92 in Berlin affi liated with Humboldt University. Her writing on Germany includes After the Wall: Eastern Germany since 1989 (Westview Press: 1998) and articles and papers on topics ranging from the political opposition in East Germany to economic and monetary union to German foreign policy. Patricia Smith has a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Washington in Seattle and has taught political science and international relations at the University of Washington and at universities in Romania. She lives in Ocean Shores, Washington, where she shows her photography at the Gallery of Ocean Shores.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49911240229137,"sku":"CIN1457532522VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1457532522.jpg?v=1750858964"},{"product_id":"after-the-wall-book-patricia-j-smith-9780367314415","title":"After The Wall","description":"Since the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989, Germany has faced complex challenges. 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One of the few English-language books to concentrate on how unification has affected eastern Germany and East Germans, After the Wall: Eastern Germany Since 1989 addresses impacts on East German society, including elites, workers, and women. Discussion of institutional changes and the marginalization of East Germans recurs throughout the volume, along with a focus on concrete achievements and successes since unification. The section on politics and economics looks at changes in local government, the Communist Party, the radical right, and economic structures. Chapters in Part Two cover changes in political culture, religion, the media, and literature. In the final section, chapters assess the integration of the East German military into the military structures of the Federal Republic (and NATO) and analyze the foreign policy of a united Germany.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52127368872209,"sku":"NLS9780813337739","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780813337739.jpg?v=1757486051"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-patricia-j-smith.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}