From occupation to integration : recivilizing the French zone of post-Nazi Germany, 1945-1955 / Drew Flanagan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flanagan, Drew, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations and culture--France--History--20th century.

International relations and culture.

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

Germany (West).

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

France.

Germany (West)--History.

Germany--History--1945-1955.

Germany.

Physical Description:

viii, 241 pages : maps ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Recivilizing the French zone of post-Nazi Germany, 1945-1955

Place of Publication:

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2026]

Summary:

"After the collapse of the National Socialist regime in May 1945, France became one of four principal occupying powers in a defeated Germany. Within their zone of occupation along the Upper and Middle Rhine, French occupiers participated in the Allied project to remake German society. In the process, they confronted the long history of Franco-German rivalry in the region and their country's diminished power in the wake of World War II. From Occupation to Integration explores how French ideas about civilization and the civilizing process shaped the practice of occupation in the French Zone and the early stages of European integration. The French Zone was set apart from the other Allied zones by the occupiers' belief that Nazi "barbarism" was deeply rooted in German culture and history. In seeking to transform the Germans along their border into acceptable partners for France within a united western Europe, the French occupiers applied aspects of France's universal "civilizing" mission, adapting strategies and practices developed in the country's overseas colonies to fit a European population. Whether implementing counterinsurgency methods developed in French North Africa in the pacification and control of their zone or attempting to address what they perceived as the deep-rooted flaws of German culture through reeducation and propaganda, the French applied their civilizational thinking, using that vision to justify and guide the first postwar attempts at cross-border economic integration. Through both conflicts and cooperation with the German population, the French in occupied Germany negotiated a shared vision of western European civilization that they hoped would ensure French leadership in Europe. In this engaging study, Drew Flanagan deftly details and analyzes the entanglement between the Europeanization of the French Zone and decolonization in France's empire, prompting readers to consider the continued impact of colonial and imperial ideas and practices on contemporary Europe and the European Union"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Force and prestige

France restored and tutelary

Vive la France, Vive la land!

From reparations to integration

Conquerors and tourists

The boundaries of the West.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version Flanagan, Drew From occupation to integration

ISBN:

9780807186787

0807186783

OCLC:

1548244530

Publisher Number:

90104472391