Helmut Schmidt and British-German relations : a European misunderstanding / Mathias Haeussler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haeussler, Mathias, 1988- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Schmidt, Helmut, 1918-2015.

Schmidt, Helmut.

Prime ministers--Germany (West)--Biography.

Prime ministers.

Great Britain--Relations--Germany (West).

Great Britain.

Germany (West)--Relations--Great Britain.

Germany (West).

Europe--Economic integration.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 253 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Summary:

The former West German chancellor Helmut Schmidt grew up as a devout Anglophile, yet he clashed heavily and repeatedly with his British counterparts Wilson, Callaghan, and Thatcher during his time in office. Helmut Schmidt and British-German Relations looks at Schmidt's personal experience to explore how and why Britain and Germany rarely saw eye to eye over European integration, uncovering the two countries' deeply competing visions and incompatible strategies for post-war Europe. But it also zooms out to reveal the remarkable extent of simultaneous British-German cooperation in fostering joint European interests on the wider international stage, not least within the transatlantic alliance against the background of a worsening superpower relationship. By connecting these two key areas of bilateral cooperation, Mathias Haeussler offers a major reinterpretation of the bilateral relationship under Schmidt, relevant to anybody interested in British-German relations, European integration, and the Cold War.

Contents:

The young Helmut Schmidt and British-German relations, 1945-74

Harold Wilson, 1974-76

James Callaghan, 1976-79

Margaret Thatcher, 1979-82.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Mar 2019).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-108-60811-6

1-108-69713-5

1-108-58717-8