From Euphoria to Neurosis

... In any case, in late 1989 and early 1990, the leadership of the USSR (and other states) believed German unification to be inevitable. It was not a question of ‘if,’ but ‘how.’ And here one can more concretely criticize the Soviet leadership. World Order in Lieu of Internal Order Gorbachev and Honecker disliked each other. Gorbachev blamed the GDR’s collapse on its stubborn unwillingness to accept perestroika, which probably led to his emotional perception of things. But the West applauded Gorbachev’s ...