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Kennedy in Berlin / Andreas W. Daum ; translated by Dona Geyer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Daum, Andreas W.
- Series:
- Publications of the German Historical Institute
- Standardized Title:
- Kennedy in Berlin. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
- Kennedy, John F.
- Berlin (Germany)--Politics and government--1945-1990.
- Berlin (Germany).
- Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989.
- United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.
- United States.
- International relations.
- Soviet Union.
- Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 294 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- English edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : German Historical Institute ; Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
- Summary:
- For the first time, a book tells the story of John F. Kennedy??'s spectacular visit to Berlin in 1963.
- Contents:
- Introduction: America's Berlin and John F. Kennedy 1
- "One of the Greatest Dramas": Politics as Theater 5
- "Beacon for Freedom": Symbols and Power 8
- "Look Upon This City": The Politics of Visibility 9
- "The Guest Who Makes the Germans Ecstatic": Emotions 12
- "The Feeling of Closeness": Community Building and Charisma 16
- 1 The Story and Its Protagonists 21
- Powers at Play: The United States, Europe, and Germany 21
- A Special Relationship: Networks and the Politics of Memory 36
- LBJ and Bobby: Prologue and the Johnson Tactic 50
- De Gaulle: Symbolic Precedent and Strategic Competition 61
- The Cast Comes Together 66
- 2 The Script and the Staging 75
- Controversies over the European Itinerary 75
- Act One: Kennedy in West Germany 81
- Stage Directions: Planning the Protocol for Berlin 95
- "To See and Be Seen": Visibility and Street Politics 114
- 3 Dramatic Climax 125
- "The Greatest Show on Earth": Kennedy in Berlin 125
- Straying from the Script: The Speech at the Schoneberg City Hall 136
- "Ich bin ein Berliner": Four Words, Their Origin, and Their Impact 147
- The Final Act: No End to the Cheering 156
- 4 After the Final Curtain 165
- Westernization as Happening: Street Theater and Eigensinn 165
- "Kennedy Fever": A Show of Emotion 169
- In the Shadow of Hitler 179
- "Nikita, Nikita!": Khrushchev on Stage 182
- The Death of the Hero and the Birth of the Myth 187
- 5 The Show Goes On 199
- Remembering and Forgetting 199
- From America's Berlin to the Berlin Republic 204
- 6 "A Comet of Promise Passing through Our Country" 215
- Appendix Ich bin ein Berliner: John F. Kennedy's Speech at Schoneberg City Hall, June 26, 1963 223.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-281) and index.
- Translated from the German.
- ISBN:
- 9780521858243
- 0521858240
- 9780521674973
- 0521674972
- OCLC:
- 76901946
- Online:
- Publisher description
- Contributor biographical information
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