Download or read book The GDR (RLE: German Politics) written by David Childs and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-17 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely praised in its first edition, the second edition of The GDR was updated to cover events through the spring of 1988, examining in particular the impact of new leadership in both Bonn and Moscow and of the changing world economy on the prospects of the GDR.