Ambiguous Relations : The American Jewish Community and Germany Since 1945 / / Shlomo Shafir

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910524657103321
• Autore: Shafir Shlomo
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Wayne State University Press, 2018; Detroit : , : Wayne State University Press, , 1999; ©1999
• ISBN: 9780814345078; 0814345077
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (508 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 973/.04924
• Soggetti: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Germany (West) - Influence; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Germany (West) - Reparations; Jews - United States - Attitudes; Jews - United States - Politics and government; Germany (West) Foreign public opinion, American
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Published in cooperation with the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 459-482) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Early Postwar Concerns -- 1. American Jews and the German Problem Until the End of the War -- 2. Morgenthau's Plan, Supporters, and Opponents -- 3. Safeguarding the Survivors and Refugees -- 4. Denazification and the Major War Crimes Trials -- Part II. Getting Involved or Staying Aloof -- 5. Advocates of Moderation -- 6. Critics and Opponents -- 7. Anti-German Protests at Home -- 8. Waiting in Vain for a German Change of Heart -- Part III. Reparations: Their Impact and Limits -- 9. The Twisted Road Toward Shilumim -- 10. German Diplomats: The Initial Efforts to Soften American Jewish Hostility -- 11. Antisemitic Manifestations and Their Abatement -- Part IV. Holocaust Consciousness and the Role of Israel -- 12. The Eichmann Trial and the Quest for Punishment of Nazi Criminals -- 13. Changing Circumstances and Futile Dialogues -- 14. Disappointment with the Social Democrats -- 15. The Growth of ; Holocaust Consciousness and Its Impact on American Jewish-German Relations -- 16. Bitburg and Its Repercussions -- Part V. American Jews and East Germany -- 17. From Grotewohl to de Maizière -- Part VI. Unification and Beyond -- 18. Expectations and Question Marks -- 19. An Ambiguous Balance -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: The reemergence of a united Germany as a dominant power in Europe has increased even more it's importance as a major political ally and trade partner of the United States, despite the misgivings of some U.S. citizens. Ambiguous Relations addresses for the first time the complex relationships between American Jews and Germany over the fifty years following the end of World War II, and examines American Jewry's' ambiguous attitude toward Germany that continues despite sociological and generational changes within the community.Shlomo Shafir recounts attempts by American Jews to influence U.S. policy toward Germany after the ware and traces these efforts through President Reagan's infamous visit to Bitburg and beyond. He shows how Jewish demands for justice were hampered not only by America's changing attitude toward West Germany as a postwar European power but also by the distraction of anti-communist hysteria in this country.In evaluating the impact of Jewish pressure on American public opinion and on the West German government, Shafir discusses the rationales and strategies of Jewish communal and religious groups, legislators, and intellectuals, as well as the rise of Holocaust consciousness and the roles of Israel and surviving German Jewish communities. He also describes the efforts of German diplomats to assuage American Jewish hostility and relates how the American Jewish community has been able to influence German soul-searching regarding their historical responsibility and even successfully intervened to bring war criminals to trial.Based on extensive archival research in Germany, Israel, and the Unities States, Ambiguous Relations in the first book to examine this tenuous situation in such depth. It is a comprehensive account of recent history that comes to groups with emotional and political reality.

Semigroups of Operators — Theory and Applications : Będlewo, Poland, October 2013 / Jacek Banasiak, Adam Bobrowski, Mirosław Lachowicz editors

• Record Nr.: UNICAMPANIAVAN00125344
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham, : Springer, 2015
• Titolo uniforme: Semigroups of Operators — Theory and Applications : SOTA 2013
• Descrizione fisica: xvii, 337 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
• Soggetti: 34-XX - Ordinary differential equations [MSC 2020]; 45-XX - Integral equations [MSC 2020]; 46-XX - Functional analysis [MSC 2020]; 47-XX - Operator theory [MSC 2020]; 49-XX - Calculus of variations and optimal control; optimization [MSC 2020]; 60-XX - Probability theory and stochastic processes [MSC 2020]; 92-XX - Biology and other natural sciences [MSC 2020]
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Many results, both from semi group theory itself and from the applied sciences, are phrased in discipline-specific languages and hence are hardly known to a broader community. This volume contains a selection of lectures presented at a conference that was organised as a forum for all mathematicians using semi group theory to learn what is happening outside their own field of research. The collection will help to establish a number of new links between various sub-disciplines of semigroup theory, stochastic processes, differential equations and the applied fields.The theory of semigroups of operators is a well-developed branch of functional analysis. Its foundations were laid at the beginning of the 20th century, while the fundamental generation theorem of Hille and Yosida dates back to the forties. The theory was, from the very beginning, designed as a universal language for partial differential equations and stochastic processes, but at the same time it started to ; live as an independent branch of operator theory. Nowadays, it still has the same distinctive flavour: it develops rapidly by posing new ‘internal’ questions and in answering them, discovering new methods that can be used in applications. On the other hand, it is influenced by questions from PDEs and stochastic processes as well as from applied sciences such as mathematical biology and optimal control, and thus it continually gathers a new momentum. Researchers and postgraduate students working in operator theory, partial differential equations, probability and stochastic processes, analytical methods in biology and other natural sciences, optimization and optimal control will find this volume useful.