"This is not a Politburo, but a madhouse," The post World War II Sovietization of East Germany up to the 1953 worker's uprising.
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The Making of the GDR, 1945-53: From Antifascism to Stalinism
Introduction: The two traditions Chapter 1: Eastern Germany at 'Zero Hour' Chapter 2: Antifascist committees and factory councils Chapter 3: The rebirth of the KPD and SPD Chapter 4: Denazification and Reconstruction Chapter 5: The Socialist Unity Party Chapter 6: Between popular politics and communist dictatorship Chapter 7: The stalinisation of the SED Chapter 8: Workers party versus Working Class Conclusion
Totalitarianism: The Inner History of the Cold War.
In this pathbreaking work, Abbott Gleason examines the history of totalitarianism as a model for explaining twentieth-century political systems, beginning with the term's inception in Fascist Italy, through its influence as the dominant paradigm in American foreign policy and scholarship during the cold war, to its current significance in political debate and policy worldwide.