The Ambivalent Alliance

The Ambivalent Alliance
Author: Ronald J. Granieri
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2004
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781571814920

The opening of various personal and party archives over the past few years has now made the entire Adenauer era accessible for historians. Using this material to re-examine existing conventional wisdom about the period, the text traces the roles of Adenauer and the CDU/CSU is shaping the Westbindung.

Germany and America

Germany and America
Author: Wolfgang-Uwe Friedrich
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2001-10-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1789204011

Leading experts on German-American relations, German politics and German Studies from both sides of the Atlantic are contributing to this volume in honor of Gerry Kleinfeld, founder and executive director of the German Studies Association, founder and long-time editor of the German Studies Review. The essays cover a broad spectrum of German-American political, economic, and cultural relations, offering an up-to-date survey of recent developments in this highly topical field.

The American Impact on Postwar Germany

The American Impact on Postwar Germany
Author: Reiner Pommerin
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 212
Release: 1997
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781571810953

It is only with the benefit of hindsight that the Germans have become acutely aware of how profound and comprehensive was the impact of the United States on their society after 1945.This volume reflect the ubiquitousness of this impact and examines the German responses to it. Contributions by well-known scholars cover politics, industry, social life and mass culture.

From Bundesrepublik to Deutschland

From Bundesrepublik to Deutschland
Author: Michael G. Huelshoff
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 412
Release: 1993
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780472065271

Analyzes Germany's new role in world politics

The End of the Cold War?

The End of the Cold War?
Author: Alexander von Plato
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 445
Release: 2016-01-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 1137488727

This carefully researched history draws on archival sources as well as a wealth of new interviews with on-the-ground activists, political actors, international figures, and others to move beyond the narratives both the German and American varieties that have dominated the historical memory of German reunification.

Ambiguous Relations

Ambiguous Relations
Author: Shlomo Shafir
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Total Pages: 540
Release: 2018-02-05
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0814345077

It is a comprehensive account of recent history that comes to groups with emotional and political reality.

German Unification

German Unification
Author: M. Donald Hancock
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2019-03-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 0429710739

The East European revolutions of 1989 led to momentous changes throughout the region. Nowhere were they felt more dramatically than in Germany, where unification unexpectedly became reality, unfolding with breathtaking speed, unhindered by major obstacles. However, joy over the fall of the Berlin Wall and the opening of the borders was soon dampene

The Federal Republic of Germany at Forty-Five

The Federal Republic of Germany at Forty-Five
Author: Peter H. Merkl
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 506
Release: 2016-07-27
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1349135186

This five-year review of the changing political scene in (West) Germany stresses interpretations and perspectives of sympathetic outside observers. Given the dramatic unification of the country and its painful aftermath, the emphasis is on the changing elements of German identity and on postunification problems. Today's emerging perspectives are seen simultaneously in their domestic, including East-West German, and in their international context, with regard to Germany's role in Europe and the world.