Germans
...stants as well.(pg. 135) The newly unified Germany has been lagging behind economically and militarily. Germany lacked an independent entrepreneurial class and the kind of heavy industry needed to produce such weapons as machine guns and warships (pg 137). Economically it cost a lot to unify Germany because 2/3 thirds of the nation was without telephones and the transportation system was in need of improvement. So the projected cost of unification was actually doubled when put in place. Unemployment had risen to 3.5 million in a workforce of 8.5 million (pg 161) Socially, Germany has not taken the “wall in the mind” down. As Germany was split the culture of Germany change and now it is difficult to bring the two societies together. A 2000 poll found that only 16 percent of t...