A history of Franco-German relations in Europe : from "hereditary enemies" to partners / by Carine Germond and Henning Türk.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Germond, Carine.

Türk, Henning.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

France--Foreign relations--Germany.

France.

International relations.

Germany.

Germany--Foreign relations--France.

Physical Description:

xii, 286 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

Summary:

This comprehensive volume surveys Franco-German relations from the French Revolution to the 1990s by bringing together cutting-edge contributions from a varied group of scholars in Europe and the United States. It closes a significant gap in the scholarly Anglophone literature, highlighting and discussing the historical foundations of the contemporary Franco-German relationship, if and in what respect there is a "special" relationship between France and Germany, and what role it plays in Europe. Using a multidsciplinary approach, this book integrates contemporary research on the subject into the larger context of European studies, making a valuable contribution to the continent's political and diplomatic history.

Contents:

Introduction: Old Foes and New Friends: Historical Perspectives on Franco-German Relations since Napoleon / Carine Germond, Henning Turk 1

Part I Franco-German Relations from Napoleon to World War I

1 Attraction and Repulsion: Franco-German Relations in the "Long Nineteenth Century" / Reiner Marcowitz 13

2 War, Occupation, and Entanglements: German Perspectives on the Napoleonic Era / Bernhard Struck 27

3 France and German Dualism, 1756-1871 / Jorg Ulbert 39

4 Between Coercion and Conciliation: Franco-German Relations in the Bismarck Era, 1871-90 / Nathan N. Orgill 49

5 Traditions of Hate among the Intellectual Elite: The Case of Treitschke and Bainville / Hugo Frey, Stefan Jordan 61

Part II Franco-German Relations in Interwar Europe

6 Franco-German Relations, 1918-45 / Sylvain Schirmann 75

7 Franco-German Relations and the Coal Problem in the Aftermath of the First and Second World Wars: From Bilateral Conflict to European Energy Cooperation / Laura Fasanaro 89

8 Civic Activism and the Pursuit of Cooperation in the Locarno Era / Elana Passman 101

9 Two "Naughty Siblings": France and Germany in the Public Discussion of the Interwar Period / Verena Schoberl 113

10 Attempts at a Franco-German Economic Rapprochement during the Second Half of the 1930s / Frederic Clavert 125

11 France and the German Economy 1945-48: An Imperialist Policy? / Martial Libera 137

Part III Postwar Franco-German Relations

12 On the Path to a "Hereditary Friendship"?: Franco-German Relations since the End of the Second World War / Ulrich Lappenkuper 151

13 A New Framework for Franco-German Relations through European Institutions, 1950 to 1954 / Victor Gavin Munte 165

14 The Relance Europeenne and the Nuclear Dimension of Franco-German Rapprochement / Mathieu L. L. Segers 177

15 More than a Geriatric Romance: Adenauer, de Gaulle, and the Atlantic Alliance / Ronald J. Granieri 189

16 The Soviet Factor in Franco-German Relations, 1958-69 / Garret Martin 199

17 What Role for Europe in the International Arena of the Early 1970s?: How France and Germany Were Able to Matter / Katrin Rucker 211

18 Franco-German Relations in the Giscard-Schmidt Era, 1974-81 / Michele Weinachter 223

19 A Special Relationship: Franco-German Relations at the Time of Francois Mitterrand and Helmut Kohl / Georges Saunier 235

20 The "Other" Franco-German Relations: The GDR and France from 1949 to 1990 / Ulrich Pfeil 249

21 The Franco-German-Polish Weimar Triangle: A Strategic Instrument of Franco-German Relations / Wolfram Vogel 261.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [275]-279) and index.

ISBN:

0230604528

9780230604520

OCLC:

176926091

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