... promise to transfer sovereignty to a supranational institution that would be created. The conflict between West Germany's goals of national unity and international integration remained the main issue in the country's politics for many years. As Preuss notes, "It will be extremely difficult to escape the economic and, in the long run also political, implications of this double-bind situation of Germany ... . While West Germans can claim that they are innocent by virtue of geography, East Germans are never able to escape the suspicions that they may have been part of the machine. Governmen...

• Word Count: 1707
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... promise to transfer sovereignty to a supranational institution that would be created. The conflict between West Germany's goals of national unity and international integration remained the main issue in the country's politics for many years. As Preuss notes, "It will be extremely difficult to escape the economic and, in the long run also political, implications of this double-bind situation of Germany ... . While West Germans can claim that they are innocent by virtue of geography, East Germans are never able to escape the suspicions that they may have been part of the machine. Governmen...

• Word Count: 1757
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School