Eisenhower and Adenauer : alliance maintenance under pressure, 1953-1960 / Steven J. Brady.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brady, Steven, 1967-

Series:

Harvard Cold War studies book series

The Harvard Cold War studies book series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diplomatic history.

United States--Foreign relations--Germany (West).

United States.

International relations.

Germany (West).

Germany (West)--Foreign relations--United States.

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967.

Adenauer, Konrad.

United States--Foreign relations--1953-1961.

Cold War--Diplomatic history.

Cold War.

Physical Description:

xi, 277 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2010]

Summary:

In the early years of the Atlantic Alliance no bilateral relationship was more important than that between the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the United States. Even so the West German-American alliance was taxing for both sides during much of the first two decades of the Cold War. Ultimately despite frequent signiicant challenges to the alliance from with out and within the two allies managed to achieve a positive and productive relationship and Eisenhower and Adenaver explains how they did so.

In both capitals the top foreign policy makers were deeply involved in the conduct of what they viewed as a vital bilateral alliance with both President Dwight Eisenhower and Chancellor Korirad Adenauer taking the lead in his own government. For the Americans a rearmed FRG tightly bound to the West was the bedrock of any European security policy that could contain the Soviet Union for the long term. For the West German government their relationship with the United States was the bedrock of rehabilitation and indeed survival as an independent country. In this book their alliance is closely analyzed to offer a new understanding of the West German-American relationship during the Cold War.

Contents:

Introduction: issues, events, and personalities

Confined to the smallest number of powers: the peace offensive after Stalin

There is no other foreign policy: the road to Berlin

The year things began to get unstuck: 1955

The key to world dominance: Western unity and the foreign policy initiative, 1956

Toward Berlin and the status quo: 1957-1958

The strongest weapon is unity: Berlin, 1958-1960.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780739142257

0739142259

9780739142271

0739142275

OCLC:

417444698