title: Drifting Westward? East Germany and Integrated Europe
abstract: The Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands rule survived a severe economic crisis and secured the existence of a socialist Germany in the short term. The East German long 1970s were decisively shaped by earlier developments, not only by the division of Germany but also the economic path(s) chosen. Historiography has established solid knowledge of the German Democratic Republic’s (GDR) foreign relations, but a thorough analysis of East Germany’s perceptions of the West and its dealings with i