The German Predicament
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The German Predicament
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Author : Andrei S. Markovits
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2018-10-18
The German Predicament written by Andrei S. Markovits and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-18 with Political Science categories.
What does the unification of Germany really mean? In their stimulating exploration of that question, Andrei S. Markovits and Simon Reich sketch diametrically different interpretations than are frequently offered by commentators. One is that Germany, well aware of the Holocaust, has been 'Europeanized' and is now prepared to serve as the capitalist and democratic locomotive that powers Europe. The other is that the proclivities behind Auschwitz have been suppressed rather than obliterated from the German psyche. Germany's liberal democracy was imposed by the allied victors, according to this view, and will one day dissolve, revealing the old expansionist tendencies to try to 'Germanize' all of Europe. Markovits and Reich argue that benign contemporary assessments of Germany's postwar democracy, combined with admiration for the country's economic achievements, contribute to German influence far greater than military might was able to achieve. Yet, at the same time, some Germans have internalized liberal and pacifist principles and now see their nation as powerless, simply a larger Switzerland. As a result, while the Germans have enormous influence and latitude, they have not taken responsibility for leadership. The prime reason for this gap beween ideology and structure, Markovits and Reich suggest, lies in the politics of collective memory.
From Putsch To Purge
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Author : Ivo Holmqvist
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
From Putsch To Purge written by Ivo Holmqvist and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Authors, English categories.
Unification And The Policy Predicament In Germany
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Author : Andrew Hughes Hallett
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Unification And The Policy Predicament In Germany written by Andrew Hughes Hallett and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Germany categories.
Breakdown Breakup Breakthrough
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Author : Carl F. Lankowski
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 1999
Breakdown Breakup Breakthrough written by Carl F. Lankowski and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.
This volume traces the difficult passage of German society to modernity offering new perspectives on the "German question," largely characterized by the absence of key ideological underpinnings of democracy in the early modern period and a constitutional exceptionalism on the eye of the twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET.
Uncouth Nation
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Author : Andrei S. Markovits
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2016-12-13
Uncouth Nation written by Andrei S. Markovits and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-13 with Political Science categories.
No survey can capture the breadth and depth of the anti-Americanism that has swept Europe in recent years. From ultraconservative Bavarian grandmothers to thirty-year-old socialist activists in Greece, from globalization opponents to corporate executives--Europeans are joining in an ever louder chorus of disdain for America. For the first time, anti-Americanism has become a European lingua franca. In this sweeping and provocative look at the history of European aversion to America, Andrei Markovits argues that understanding the ubiquity of anti-Americanism since September 11, 2001, requires an appreciation of such sentiments among European elites going back at least to July 4, 1776. While George W. Bush's policies have catapulted anti-Americanism into overdrive, particularly in Western Europe, Markovits argues that this loathing has long been driven not by what America does, but by what it is. Focusing on seven Western European countries big and small, he shows how antipathies toward things American embrace aspects of everyday life--such as sports, language, work, education, media, health, and law--that remain far from the purview of the Bush administration's policies. Aggravating Europeans' antipathies toward America is their alleged helplessness in the face of an Americanization that they view as inexorably befalling them. More troubling, Markovits argues, is that this anti-Americanism has cultivated a new strain of anti-Semitism. Above all, he shows that while Europeans are far apart in terms of their everyday lives and shared experiences, their not being American provides them with a powerful common identity--one that elites have already begun to harness in their quest to construct a unified Europe to rival America.
Alfred Von Tirpitz And German Right Wing Politics
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Author : Raffael Scheck
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 1998
Alfred Von Tirpitz And German Right Wing Politics written by Raffael Scheck and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with History categories.
Focusing on the activity of Great Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz after 1914, Scheck presents a fascinating combination of biographical and contextual analysis explaining the predicament of the conservative German right in the troubled transition period before the Third Reich.
The German American Encounter
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Author : Frank Trommler
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2001
The German American Encounter written by Frank Trommler and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
While Germans, the largest immigration group in the United States, contributed to the shaping of American society and left their mark on many areas from religion and education to food, farming, political and intellectual life, Americans have been instrumental in shaping German democracy after World War II. Both sides can claim to be part of each other's history, and yet the question arises whether this claim indicates more than a historical interlude in the forming of the Atlantic civilization. In this volume some of the leading historians, social scientists and literary scholars from both sides of the Atlantic have come together to investigate, for the first time in a broad interdisciplinary collaboration, the nexus of these interactions in view of current and future challenges to German-American relations.
The German Question
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Author : Dirk Verheyen
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-05-04
The German Question written by Dirk Verheyen and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-04 with Political Science categories.
The 'German Question,' long a subject of debate, is considered here at the close of a turbulent century, after Germany's defeat in two world wars, the Weimar failure and Nazi disaster, Cold War division, and the nation's unexpected recent reunification. This book systematically explores the issue in terms of its four central dimensions: Germany's identity, national unity, power, and role in world politics. Ambitious in conception and meticulous in execution, Dirk Verheyen's wide-ranging analysis incorporates historical and geopolitical considerations in an intellectually rigorous yet accessible discussion.
The German Problem Transformed
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Author : Thomas Banchoff
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 1999-05-24
The German Problem Transformed written by Thomas Banchoff and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-05-24 with History categories.
A systematic examination of Germany's post-reunification foreign policy from a broader historical and analytical perspective
Feeding The German Eagle
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Author : Edward E. Ericson III
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 1999-11-30
Feeding The German Eagle written by Edward E. Ericson III and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-11-30 with History categories.
The dramatic story of Hitler and Stalin's marriage of convenience has been recounted frequently over the past 60 years, but with remarkably little consensus. As the first English-language study to analyze the development, extent, and importance of the Nazi-Soviet economic relationship from Hitler's ascension to power to the launching of Operation Barbarossa in June 1941, this book highlights the crucial role that Soviet economic aid played in Germany's early successes in World War II. When Hitler's rearmament efforts left Germany dangerously short of raw materials in 1939, Stalin was able to offer valuable supplies of oil, manganese, grain, and rubber. In exchange, the Soviet Union would gain territory and obtain the technology and equipment necessary for its own rearmament efforts. However, by the summer of 1941, Stalin's well-calculated plan had gone awry. Germany's continuing reliance on Soviet raw materials would, Stalin hoped, convince Hitler that he could not afford to invade the USSR. As a result, the Soviets continued to supply the Reich with the resources that would later carry the Wehrmacht to the gates of Moscow and nearly cost the Soviets the war. The extensive use in this study of neglected source material in the German archives helps resolve the long-standing debate over whether Stalin's foreign policy was one of expansionism or appeasement.