Germany and Europe in Transition

The period from November 1989 to November 1990 can be compared with such decisive dates in twentieth-century European history as 1918 and 1945. Germany and Europe have entered a crucial period of transition altering the European security landscape considerably. The documents published in this volume--many of them for the first time--provide an important record of this historic period. Key papers by some of the leading German politicians of this period delivered at Potsdam in February 1990 are presented along with a sober assessment of the role which the united Germany can play in the newly emerging structure of European security.