Germany and the United States : A "Special Relationship?" / Hans W. Gatzke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gatzke, Hans W., author.

Series:

American Foreign Policy Library

The American Foreign Policy Library

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 p.): 1 Frontispiz, 4 Ktn.

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Beginning with Bismarck's forging of a nation with "iron and blood," Gatzke tells of Germany's relentless struggle for domination in Europe and in the West, its defeat in two world wars, its division, East Germany's travail, and West Germany's search for identity as a modern democratic state. A discerning statement about Germany and other nations, this book reevaluates for the general reader and the historian the impact of rapid industrialization, the origins of the world wars, the question of war guilt, the decade of Weimar democracy, and the rise and fall of Hitler. Gatzke looks anew at the economic miracle in West Germany and the consequences of making prosperity the cornerstone of a new republic. It is to the realities of these German characteristics as an evolving nation-state that Gatzke relates American foreign policy and perceptions. He recounts the American fluctuations, from favorable to hostile to friendly, as Germany's policies and fortunes changed, and he places the division of Germany in historical perspective.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Foreword

Preface

Contents

Maps

Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Germany The Land and the People

2. Germany and the United States 1776-1914

3. World War I A Turning Point, 1914-1918

4. The Weimar Republic A Democratic Interlude, 1918-1933

5. Hitler and the "Third Reich" 1933-1939

6. World War II The End of the German Reich, 1939-1945

7. One Germany or Two? Occupation, 1945-1949

8. The Germany of Konrad Adenauer 1949-1963

9. From Adenauer to Brandt 1963-1974

10. The German Federal Republic since 1974

11. The German Democratic Republic since 1961

12. Conclusion A "Special Relationship"?

Suggested Reading, Index

Suggested Reading

Index

Backmatter

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

0-674-41825-5

OCLC:

1013963339