| Preface | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Abbreviations | |
| I | A Wall between the Germanys | 3 |
| Accepting Germany's Division | 5 |
| A German-German Consensus | 13 |
| II | One Germany, Two Alliances | 16 |
| The Soviet Ultimatum | 17 |
| East German Uncertainties | 23 |
| The Persistence of West German Policy | 30 |
| The Evolution of East German Policy | 36 |
| Divergent Priorities | 44 |
| The Construction of the Wall | 49 |
| III | Two Germanys: Confrontation or Accommodation? | 56 |
| Changing Surroundings | 57 |
| West Germany's Awkward Adaptation | 64 |
| The Rigidity of East German Policy | 71 |
| Bonn's Breakthrough: The Ostpolitik | 79 |
| The End of the Ulbricht Era | 87 |
| Two States in Germany? | 93 |
| IV | Two German States: New Relations, Bad Relations | 96 |
| The Inter-German Dilemma | 97 |
| The Benefits of Cooperation | 102 |
| Handling Questions of Principle | 106 |
| Whither Inter-German Ties: The View from Bonn | 113 |
| Whither Inter-German Ties: Retrenchment in the GDR | 121 |
| Toward a German-German Deadlock? | 126 |
| Inter-German Ties in Question | 133 |
| V | Accepting a Divided Germany | 134 |
| A Threat from the West | 135 |
| An East German Opportunity? | 141 |
| The Meeting at Werbellin | 147 |
| The "Wende" | 152 |
| A German "Coalition of Reason" | 158 |
| A New Era between the Germanys | 164 |
| A Working Visit to Bonn | 173 |
| VI | The Fall of East Germany | 175 |
| The Illusion of Success | 177 |
| A Path of Least Resistance | 185 |
| A New Political Force | 193 |
| The West German Response | 199 |
| Unity Despite the Germanys | 204 |
| VII | Germany without a Wall | 207 |
| Inter-German Tensions of a New Type | 209 |
| A Liberal Democratic Germany | 216 |
| The New Germany and the New Europe | 222 |
| App. A. Interview Locations, 1985-1990 | 229 |
| App. B. GDR Oral History Project Interviews | 231 |
| Select Bibliography | 233 |
| Index | 245 |
