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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461566303321

Autore

Crawshaw Steve

Titolo

Easier fatherland : Germany and the twenty-first century / / Steve Crawshaw

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Continuum, , 2004

©2004

ISBN

1-283-20736-2

9786613207364

1-4411-8138-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Disciplina

943.088

Soggetti

National socialism - Psychological aspects

Political culture - Germany - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Germany History 1990-

Germany Historiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Another Country; 2 Twelve Years; 3 Dishonest Democracy; 4 Fathers and Children; 5 Radicals Without Bombs; 6 Falling Walls; 7 Berlin Republic; 8 West-Eastern Divan; 9 Kanak Attack; 10 German Soldiers Wanted; 11 Do Mention the War; 12 Neighbours; 13 Squared Circles; 14 Going Slow; 15 Crumbling Taboos; 16 In Search of Normality; 17 And Now; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Germany is the most important and powerful country in Europe. And yet it remains strangely little understood - by itself, as much as by the rest of the world. It is in a state of remarkable flux, confronting the demons of the past, whilst also seeking to make the West and the East into one country - a much greater challenge than it seemed. The coming enlargement of the European Union, which will bring much of formerly communist Eastern Europe into the EU, will make Germany more pivotal than ever. So what makes this country tick? For decades after the Second World War, the country remained stro