an "economic miracle" that has produced the world's 18th highest per capita GNP (behind Japan, ahead of Britain).
Naimark argues that Communist Party chief Erich Honecker's goals of creating a distinct East German sense of nationalism and of winning popular loyalty remain remote. Communist control depends largely on force-the sealed Western border, the Berlin Wall, and the 1.2 million Soviet and East German troops and policemen inside the GDR. Dis- satisfaction with the regime is widespread...