Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Planning for Reconstruction -- planning and reality -- revisions and reality -- socialism in the western zones -- conclusion -- 2 The Future of the Ruhr -- the evolution...

"By many measures, the German Democratic Republic (GDR) had the strongest economy in the Eastern bloc and was one of the most important industrial nations worldwide. Nonetheless, the economic history of the GDR has been primarily discussed as a failure when compared with the economic success of...