The Weimar Century : German Émigrés and the Ideological Foundations of the Cold War / Udi Greenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greenberg, Udi, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science--United States--History.

Political science.

Cold War.

Elite (Social sciences)--Germany--Biography.

Elite (Social sciences).

Nation-building.

Military government--Germany--History.

Military government.

United States--Military policy.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--1945-.

Germany--Foreign relations--United States.

Germany.

United States--Foreign relations--Germany.

Germany--History--1945-1955.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Weimar Century reveals the origins of two dramatic events: Germany's post-World War II transformation from a racist dictatorship to a liberal democracy, and the ideological genesis of the Cold War. Blending intellectual, political, and international histories, Udi Greenberg shows that the foundations of Germany's reconstruction lay in the country's first democratic experiment, the Weimar Republic (1918-33). He traces the paths of five crucial German émigrés who participated in Weimar's intense political debates, spent the Nazi era in the United States, and then rebuilt Europe after a devastating war. Examining the unexpected stories of these diverse individuals-Protestant political thinker Carl J. Friedrich, Socialist theorist Ernst Fraenkel, Catholic publicist Waldemar Gurian, liberal lawyer Karl Loewenstein, and international relations theorist Hans Morgenthau-Greenberg uncovers the intellectual and political forces that forged Germany's democracy after dictatorship, war, and occupation. In restructuring German thought and politics, these émigrés also shaped the currents of the early Cold War. Having borne witness to Weimar's political clashes and violent upheavals, they called on democratic regimes to permanently mobilize their citizens and resources in global struggle against their Communist enemies. In the process, they gained entry to the highest levels of American power, serving as top-level advisors to American occupation authorities in Germany and Korea, consultants for the State Department in Latin America, and leaders in universities and philanthropic foundations across Europe and the United States. Their ideas became integral to American global hegemony.From interwar Germany to the dawn of the American century, The Weimar Century sheds light on the crucial ideas, individuals, and politics that made the trans-Atlantic postwar order.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter I: The Search for "Responsible Elites": Carl J. Friedrich and the Reform of Higher Education

Chapter II: Socialist Reform, the Rule of Law, and Labor Outreach: Ernst Fraenkel and the Concept of "Collective Democracy"

Chapter III: Conservative Catholicism and American Philanthropy: Waldemar Gurian, "Personalist" Democracy, and Anti-communism

Chapter IV: Individual Liberties and "Militant Democracy": Karl Loewenstein and Aggressive Liberalism

Chapter V: From the League of Nations to Vietnam: Hans J. Morgenthau and Realist Reform of International Relations

Conclusion

Abbreviations

Archives

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

9780691173825

0691173826

9781400852390

1400852390

OCLC:

898421836