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Schulte's work emphasizes the importance for historians of international conflict to understand the industrial-economic capabilities of competing powers and how these long-term structures influence policy-making. He focuses on the economies of the Soviet bloc, particularly the former GDR, highlighting how command economies were essential during the East-West conflict to match military capacities with the West. The book reveals the economic realities of Warsaw Pact countries and their reliance on trade with capitalist nations, underscoring the Federal Republic of Germany's economic strength from Adenauer to Kohl as a significant factor. The GDR's economy was intricately linked to both formal political and informal economic agreements between West German industries, especially in the automotive sector, and their Eastern counterparts. Schulte's research, which began with an unsuccessful attempt to access archives in the 1980s, culminated in a project focusing on the relationships between the West and East German auto industries. He meticulously examined records from the MfS and uncovered vital information about interactions between West German corporations and East German officials. Central to the narrative is the 1987 agreement with Volkswagen AG, which provided complete manufacturing facilities for a four-stroke engine, marking a pivotal moment in East-West industrial collaboration.
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Armageddon des Kommunismus, Bernd F. Schulte
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- 2006
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