The German Question And The Cold War

Author : Nicolas Lewkowicz
Publisher : Ipoc Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9788895145273

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The German Question and the Origins of the Cold War by Nicolas Lewkowicz Pdf

The book analyses the role of the German Question in the origins of the Cold War. The work evaluates the transformation which occurred in Germany and the post-war international order due to the inter-Allied work on denazification. The author analyses the Rationalist aspects of superpower interaction, with particular emphasis on the legal and diplomatic framework which sustained not only the treatment of the German Question but also the general context of inter-Allied relations. The author also tackles the conflictual aspects of the treatment of the German Question by examining superpower interaction in relation to the enforcement of their structural interests. The main argument of the book is that due to the interaction between the elements of intervention and coexistence, the German Question constituted the most significant issue in the configuration of the post-war international order.

Author : David S. Painter,Georgetown University. Institute for the Study of Diplomacy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Berlin (Germany)
ISBN : OCLC:24568880

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The German Question and the Cold War by David S. Painter,Georgetown University. Institute for the Study of Diplomacy Pdf

Author : Christian F. Ostermann,Malcolm Byrne
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Cold War
ISBN : 9639241571

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Uprising in East Germany 1953 by Christian F. Ostermann,Malcolm Byrne Pdf

"A detailed introductory essay to provide the necessary historical and political context precedes each part. The individual documents are introduced by short headnotes summarizing the contents and orienting the reader. A chronology, glossary and bibliography offer further background information."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Dirk Verheyen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429974137

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The German Question by Dirk Verheyen Pdf

The 'German Question,' long a subject of debate, is considered here at the close of a turbulent century, after Germany's defeat in two world wars, the Weimar failure and Nazi disaster, Cold War division, and the nation's unexpected recent reunification. This book systematically explores the issue in terms of its four central dimensions: Germany's identity, national unity, power, and role in world politics. Ambitious in conception and meticulous in execution, Dirk Verheyen's wide-ranging analysis incorporates historical and geopolitical considerations in an intellectually rigorous yet accessible discussion.

Author : N. Lewkowicz
Publisher : Springer
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230283329

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The German Question and the International Order, 1943–48 by N. Lewkowicz Pdf

An analysis of the German Question's influence on the origins of the Cold War, arguing that the legal and diplomatic intercourse between the Allies regarding the treatment of the German Question brought forward the elements of intervention and coexistence which formed the basis for a relatively peaceful postwar international order.

Author : Frank A. Ninkovich
Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : German reunification question (1949-1990).
ISBN : UOM:39015031708830

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Germany and the United States by Frank A. Ninkovich Pdf

Focuses on German-American relations since 1945, including discussion of the postwar occupation of Germany by the Western allies and the Soviet Union.

Author : David Schoenbaum,Elizabeth Pond
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0312160488

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The German Question and Other German Questions by David Schoenbaum,Elizabeth Pond Pdf

The German Question and Other German Questions is an unconventional overview of a new and normal Germany, fifty years after the Second World War and five years after unification, by an American historian and an American journalist with over fifty years of professional German-watching between them. Among other "German Questions", they address the interactions of ageing, immigration and unification on a tangled national identity, and their impact on a cautious yet resilient society and an inertial yet dynamic economy. They then consider the frequently surprising and even exemplary ways Germans have learned to cope with one another, redefine and pursue their interests, and deal with a changing world after two dictatorships, two world wars and one cold war.

Author : Frédéric Bozo,Christian Wenkel
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789202274

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France and the German Question, 1945–1990 by Frédéric Bozo,Christian Wenkel Pdf

In the immediate aftermath of World War Two, the victors were unable to agree on Germany’s fate, and the separation of the country—the result of the nascent Cold War—emerged as a de facto, if provisional, settlement. Yet East and West Germany would exist apart for half a century, making the "German question" a central foreign policy issue—and given the war-torn history between the two countries, this was felt no more keenly than in France. Drawing on the most recent historiography and previously untapped archival sources, this volume shows how France’s approach to the German question was, for the duration of the Cold War, both more constructive and consequential than has been previously acknowledged.

Author : D. Schoenbaum,E. Pond
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1996-06-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0333647939

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The German Question and Other German Questions by D. Schoenbaum,E. Pond Pdf

`...a most significant addition to the literature on its subject.' - Roger Morgan, Professor of Political Science, European University Institute, Florence An unconventional overview of a new and normal Germany fifty years after World War 2 and five years after unification. The authors address the challenges of ageing and migration to a tangled national identity; their impact on a cautious yet resilient society, and an inertial yet dynamic economy; and the frequently surprising ways Germans have learned to cope with one another, redefine and pursue their interests, and deal with a changing world after two dictatorships, two world wars, and one cold war.

Author : Tobias Hochscherf,Christoph Laucht,Andrew Plowman
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781845456467

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Divided, But Not Disconnected by Tobias Hochscherf,Christoph Laucht,Andrew Plowman Pdf

The Allied agreement after the Second World War did not only partition Germany, it divided the nation along the fault-lines of a new bipolar world order. This inner border made Germany a unique place to experience the Cold War, and the “German question” in this post-1945 variant remained inextricably entwined with the vicissitudes of the Cold War until its end. This volume explores how social and cultural practices in both German states between 1949 and 1989 were shaped by the existence of this inner border, putting them on opposing sides of the ideological divide between the Western and Eastern blocs, as well as stabilizing relations between them. This volume’s interdisciplinary approach addresses important intersections between history, politics, and culture, offering an important new appraisal of the German experiences of the Cold War.

Author : R. Gerald Hughes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2007-06-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134127221

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Britain, Germany and the Cold War by R. Gerald Hughes Pdf

This well-researched book details the ambiguity in British policy towards Europe in the Cold War as it sought to pursue détente with the Soviet Union whilst upholding its commitments to its NATO allies. From the early 1950s, Britain pursued a dual policy of strengthening the West whilst seeking détente with the Soviet Union. British statesmen realized that only through compromise with Moscow over the German question could the elusive East-West be achieved. Against this, the West German hard line towards the East (endorsed by the United States) was seen by the British as perpetuating tension between the two blocs. This cast British policy onto an insoluble dilemma, as it was caught between its alliance obligations to the West German state and its search for compromise with the Soviet bloc. Charting Britain's attempts to reconcile this contradiction, this book argues that Britain successfully adapted to the new realities and made hitherto unknown contributions towards détente in the early 1960s, whilst drawing towards Western Europe and applying for membership of the EEC in 1961. Drawing on unpublished US and UK archives, Britain, Germany and the Cold War casts new light on the Cold War, the history of détente and the evolution of European integration. This book will appeal to students of Cold War history, British foreign policy, German politics, and international history.

Author : Lothar Kettenacker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317875666

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Germany 1989 by Lothar Kettenacker Pdf

In autumn 1989 the world watched transfixed as East German citizens, demonstrating under the banner ‘We are the people!’, staged the only successful, totally peaceful revolution in German history. By October 1990, the process of reunification was formally concluded, bringing together a nation that had been divided for almost four decades. Now, nearly twenty years later, it is possible to judge the causes and consequences of the revolution more clearly. Was the fall of the Berlin Wall an unexpected fluke, or was it, in fact, the result of a long process of engagement between East and West? And did the momentous events of 1989 really signal the start of a bright new future for a united Germany? In this probing and wide-ranging account, Lothar Kettenacker considers the background behind the division of Germany and explains how the Berlin Wall and its death trap border proved to be the most horrendous manifestation of East-West antagonism. He also looks beyond 1990 to show how the confusion caused by the sudden collapse of the GDR and the fusion of two radically different economies is proving to be a challenge that will preoccupy Germany for generations to come.

Author : Frédéric Bozo
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781845454272

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Mitterrand, the End of the Cold War, and German Unification by Frédéric Bozo Pdf

This book explores the role of France in the events leading up to the end of the Cold War and German unification. --from publisher description.

Author : William Glenn Gray
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2003-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807862483

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Germany's Cold War by William Glenn Gray Pdf

Using newly available material from both sides of the Iron Curtain, William Glenn Gray explores West Germany's efforts to prevent international acceptance of East Germany as a legitimate state following World War II. Unwilling to accept the division of their country, West German leaders regarded the German Democratic Republic (GDR) as an illegitimate upstart--a puppet of the occupying Soviet forces. Together with France, Britain, and the United States, West Germany applied political and financial pressure around the globe to ensure that the GDR remain unrecognized by all countries outside the communist camp. Proclamations of ideological solidarity and narrowly targeted bursts of aid gave the GDR momentary leverage in such diverse countries as Egypt, Iraq, Ghana, and Indonesia; yet West Germany's intimidation tactics, coupled with its vastly superior economic resources, blocked any decisive East German breakthrough. Gray argues that Bonn's isolation campaign was dropped not for want of success, but as a result of changes in West German priorities as the struggle against East Germany came to hamper efforts at reconciliation with Israel, Poland, and Yugoslavia--all countries of special relevance to Germany's recent past. Interest in a morally grounded diplomacy, together with the growing conviction that the GDR could no longer be ignored, led to the abandonment of Bonn's effective but outdated efforts to hinder worldwide recognition of the East German regime.

Author : K. Larres
Publisher : Springer
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2001-02-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230800038

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Germany since Unification by K. Larres Pdf

A decade after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the collapse of the GDR and the end of the Cold War, Germany has begun to cope with the political, economic, social and nationalistic challenges unification has posed to its institutions and way of life in both the western and eastern part of the once divided nation. The books' eleven authors, all experts in their field, analyse the way united Germany has tackled the many unforeseen problems and highlighted the gradually emerging short- and long-term patterns in Germany's slow adjustment to the new realities. The country has not only become more populous and territorially bigger, but also burdened with much underestimated problems, particularly economic and social ones. The emergence of a new economic, political and perhaps military superstate as feared by many in 1990 has not materialised. Instead, Germany today is only just coping with the domestic and external challenges of unification. The economic and social integration of the former East Germany into the Federal Republic has still not been completed and may take yet another ten to fifteen years. The book is a timely and well-researched effort by a team of outstanding experts to evaluate Germany's performance to date. It gives the reader ample and well-analysed information to comprehend the many challenges facing Germany and its European neighbours in the post-Cold War world