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The Decision to Divide Germany
The Decision to Divide Germany
By John H. Backer
Duke University Press, 1978, 212 pp
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This book shows with admirable scholarship that the division of Germany, a fait accompli by early 1947, was, on the American side, the result of "disjointed incrementalism" rather than a grand design as some revisionist historians claim. The author emphasizes the influence of historical perceptions. He was a member of the American military government and later a Foreign Service officer in Germany.

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