


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.

The history, political organization and contemporary social framework of the German Democratic Republic, which has been updated to cover events through the spring of 1988 and has a new concluding chapter, The GDR in the Age of Gorbachev.