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Article: Two catastrophes, two causes, and how the Germans dealt with them. (historical influences in German politics and their impact on German reunification) (Germany in Transition)
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- Daedalus
- Article date:
- January 1, 1994
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German unification and the end of the East-west conflict with its visible and foreseeable results for the Germans, their neighbors, and the world have reopened chapters of European history which some believe had been forever closed. With the breakup of the multinational states of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, an ominous resurrection of war-causing tensions is evident. According to Francis Fukuyama,(1) the end of history as we know it came with the death of communism. But in Central and Eastern Europe a new authoritarianism has risen. Many believed that the nation-state was no longer serving the interests of Europe as a political form of organization and as a spiritual ...