Childs, David (Haslam)

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CHILDS, David (Haslam)

CHILDS, David (Haslam). British, b. 1933. Genres: Area studies, History, International relations/Current affairs, Politics/Government, Reference. Career: University of Nottingham, lecturer, 1966-71, senior lecturer, 1971-76, reader, 1976-89, director of Institute of German, Austrian, and Swiss Affairs, 1986-92, professor of German politics, 1989-. Publications: From Schumacher to Brandt, 1966; East Germany, 1969; Germany since 1918, 2nd ed., 1980; Marx and the Marxists, 1973; Britain since 1945, 1979, 5th ed., 2001; (with J. Johnson) West Germany: Politics and Society, 1981; The GDR: Moscow's German Ally, 1983, rev. ed., 1988; East Germany to the 1990s, 1987; Germany on the Road to Unity, 1990; Germany in the 20th Century, 1991; Britain since 1939: Progress and Decline, 1995, 2nd ed., 2002; (with R. Popplewell) The Stasi: The East German Intelligence and Security System, 1996, 2nd ed., 2000; System, 1996; The Two Red Flags: European Social Democracy and Soviet Communism, 2000; The Fan of the GDR: Germany's Road to Unity, 2001. EDITOR: The Changing Face of Western Communism, 1980; Honecker's Germany, 1985; (co-) East Germany in Comparative Perspective, 1989; (co-) Children in War, 1990. Address: 1 Grange Park, West Bridgford, Nottingham NG2 6HW, England. Online address: [email protected]

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