History 1265 Lecture 22: Lecture 22
28 Sep 2016
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Lecture 22: the two germanys and the wider world. Global diplomacy: west germany part of nato, east germany warsaw pact, technical scientific expertise in both, east germany sends scientists, economists, teachers to different parts of the world cuba and. Horn of africa: east germany has expertise in spying and surveillance, cultural diplomacy, goethe institutes, academic exchange institutions, alexander von humboldt institute. West germans bagged the name of humboldt. Funded people to go to germany and do research (blackbourn was a beneficiary) East germans also tried to bag the name of humboldt. Students from different countries studied in the gdr: east germany never tried to strike out on its own o. It did not try to take its own line, and neither did west germany within its system: west germany wanted to be friends with everyone. West germans were always the first to join multinational western coalitions and such. A large state that behaved like a small state.
