This volume of essays by German and American historians discusses key issues of US policy toward Germany in the decade following World War II.

Following World War II, the Soviet Union drew an Iron Curtain across Europe, crowning its efforts with a blockade of West Berlin in a desperate effort to preven

In 1945, Germany experienced the greatest outburst of deadly violence that the world has ever seen. Germany 1945 examines the country's emergence from the most

In the aftermath of World War II, American policymakers turned to the task of rebuilding Europe while keeping communism at bay. In Germany, formally divided sin

Eisenberg argues that the United States made the decision to divide Germany, and that this was the key development in the emergence of the Cold War.