Helmut Kohl : the man who reunited Germany, rebuilt Europe, and thwarted the Soviet Empire / Henrik Bering.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bering, Henrik.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kohl, Helmut, 1930-2017.

Kohl, Helmut.

Prime ministers--Germany--Biography.

Prime ministers.

Germany.

Germany (West)--Politics and government.

Germany (West).

Politics and government.

Germany--Politics and government--1990-.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 262 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Regnery Pub., [1999]

Summary:

For sixteen years, Chancellor Helmut Kohl dominated German and European politics. He is Europe's most important political figure, the man who oversaw the historic reunification of Germany--and yet he remains unknown to most Americans.

Now, as Kohl exits the international stage, noted journalist Henrik Bering presents the capstone on this leader's remarkable career, revealing the real Helmuk Kohl, the last of the great Cold War leaders.

As a foreign correspondent, Henrik Bering has covered Europe, the former Soviet Union, and the Middle East. His byline has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, National Review, The American Spectator, and Commentary. A graduate of Oxford University (Pembroke College), he was a professional journalism fellow at Stanford University. His first book, Outpost Berlin: The History of the American Military Forces in Berlin, 1945-1994, was published in 1995. He lives in Washington, D.C.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Taking Change 1

Chapter 2 Kohl the Politician: Background, Style, and Convictions 25

Chapter 3 Enemies 55

Chapter 4 Kohl and the Past 77

Chapter 5 Unification 95

Chapter 6 Unification and the Allies 121

Chapter 7 Foreign Policy After Unification 143

Chapter 8 Kohl's New Germany: Rebuilding the East 169

Chapter 9 Justice versus Reconciliation in the East 187

Chapter 10 The Last Campaign 209

Postscript 225.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-251) and index.

ISBN:

0895263254

OCLC:

40723807