Winning the Peace: The British in Occupied Germany, 1945-1948
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British Interest in the Division of Germany after the Second World War
Some subjects, because of their continual topicality, lend themselves to ceaseless debate. The German question is, beyond doubt, one such subject. Its perennial topicality lies in the fact that its solution concerns not only Germany, but Europe and at times, it would appear, the whole world. What is the German question all about? The essential problem in the context of our discussion is: how can the legitimate desire of the largest population in Europe to exercise political selfdetermination, that is to be a nation, be fulfilled without endangering the peace and freedom of the other European nations? The reason for putting the German question in this pointed way lies in the geo-political position of Germany. As long as Germany was divided into a number of individual states, as long as Prussia and Austria were not united but co-existed under latent tensions and, as secondary powers, formed a welcome buffer between the traditional big powers of France and Russia, the centre of Europe did not seem to pose any serious threat. This changed with the foundation of the Second German Reich and the creation of a united German nation
The development of the British economy, 1914-1990
The end of the long peace and the First World War, 1914-1918 British industry and transport between the wars commercial and financial developments social conditions between the wars the British economy in total war, 1939-1945 reconversion to peace, 1945-1950 production and incomes, 1950-1980 trade and finance in transformation the government and the economy a new departure in economic policy 1979-1990.