Demonstrating reconciliation : state and society in West German foreign policy toward Israel, 1952-1965 / Hannfried von Hindenburg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hindenburg, Hannfried von.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Germany (West)--Foreign relations--Israel.

Germany (West).

Israel--Foreign relations--Germany (West).

Israel.

Germany (West)--Politics and government.

German reunification question (1949-1990).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 229 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For more than a decade, West Germany denied Israel the commencement of official diplomatic relations. In a policy-reversal, however, Bonn eventually offered Jerusalem the exchange of ambassadors in 1965. This book interprets the government's change of heart as the result of grassroots intervention in high level politics.

Contents:

Society and ideas in German foreign policy making

Ideas, beliefs, and politics, 1950s-1960s

The first ten years: national interest vs. national obligation, 1952-1962

"The fateful question of the German nation": German foreign policy toward Israel, 1962-1964

"The normalization of the situation": German foreign policy toward Israel, 1964-1965

Demonstrating reconciliation: state and society in West German foreign policy toward Israel, 1952-1965.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [204]-221) and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

1-84545-287-9