In this podcast Dr Holger Nehring of the University of Sheffield looks at the importance of Germany in the development of the Cold War between 1948-1989

• 1. Cold War Germany: introduction
• 2. The importance of Germany - how Germany went from being enemy to ally to the West and East.
• 3. Germany as a symbol for Cold War geopolitics. The Berlin blockade. The Berlin Wall. Kennedy and the Battle of Ideas.
• 4. The East Berlin Television Tower 1969. The fall of the Berlin Wall.
• 5. How the Cold War confrontation gave Germans the opportunity to stay silent about their involvement in the Nazi regime.
• 6. Germany's role in international politics during Cold War.
• 7. Detente - Willy Brandt - Ostpolitic and Reconciliation.
• 8. The politics of development aid.
• 9. Selling Nuclear technology and know-how to South Africa and Brazil.
• 10. Conclusion.

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