title: PREFACE
abstract: This book has been long in the making.Its constituent parts were scattered over twenty-five years of specialization in Soviet, Russian and German affairs in the form of articles, research papers, conference protocols and interviews.The many fragments were integrated into one single entity and published by Nomos in 1998.Since then, the book has sold out but demand has remained constant so that the publisher decided to republish it, suggesting that, if necessary, I would revise and update it.Major
journal: Nomos eBooks