1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910796563803321

Autore

Granieri Ronald J.

Titolo

The ambivalent alliance : Konrad Adenauer, the CDU/CSU, and the West, 1949-1966 / / Ronald J. Granieri

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 2004

ISBN

1-57181-492-2

1-57181-272-5

Edizione

[First paperback edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Monographs in German History ; ; 9

Disciplina

943.087092

Soggetti

HISTORY / Europe / Germany

Germany (West) Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations Germany (West)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION: KONRAD ADENAUER AND THE PARADOX OF WESTBINDUNG -- Chapter 1 THE CHANCELLOR AND HIS ALLIES, 1949–1953 -- Chapter 2 SOVEREIGNTY AND ITS DISCONTENTS, 1953–1957 -- Chapter 3 ADRIFT IN A WIDER WORLD, 1958–1961 -- Chapter 4 A PARIS-BONN AXIS? 1961–1963 -- Chapter 5 THE END OF THE ADENAUER ERA, 1963–1966 -- CONCLUSION: WHOSE WEST IS BEST? -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Whenever asked to name his most significant accomplishment as West Germany's first Chancellor, Konrad Adenauer would invariably reply: "The alliance with the free West." Scholars have echoed his assessment, citing the Federal Republic of Germany's successful integration into the American-led West (Westbindung) as the key to its postwar economic and political recovery. Behind this simple success story, however,lies a much more complicated history: Adenauer and the CDU/CSU remained ambivalent about the ultimate relationship between Europe, Germany, and the United States within the West, torn between visions of Continental European integration based on Franco-German reconciliation and of an Atlantic community linking Europe and the "Anglo-Saxons." These differences eventually erupted into a damaging



public conflict between "Atlanticists" and "Gaullists," which colored Adenauer's last years and, after his retirement in 1963, led directly to the failure of his successor, Ludwig Erhard. The opening of various personal and party archives over the past few years has now made the entire Adenauer Era accessible for historians. As one of the first efforts to use that material to re-examine existing conventional wisdom about the period, this book traces the roles of Adenauer and the CDU/CSU in shaping Westbindung. Adenauer emerges as a skilled and resourceful (if also mistrustful and devious) politician, and as a distinctly German statesman, maneuvering between allies and adversaries to shape both the Western community and the German role in it, leaving a legacy that still influences contemporary German-American and European-American relations.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778629403321

Autore

Webb Stephen H. <1961-2016.>

Titolo

On God and dogs : a Christian theology of compassion for animals / / Stephen H. Webb ; with a foreword by Andrew Linzey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998

ISBN

1-280-47020-8

0-19-534430-8

0-585-18184-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 pages)

Disciplina

241.693

241/.693

Soggetti

Animal welfare - Religious aspects - Christianity

Dogs - Religious aspects - Christianity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-217) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword: Voyage to the Animal World; Introduction: Pet Theories; I: Surveying the Options; 1 God and the Giving of Animals; 2 Ecology versus the Peaceable Kingdom; II: Thinking about Pets; 3 What Are Dogs For?; 4 The Difference That Dogs Make; III: A Theology for the



Dogs; 5 Theology and Dogtalk; 6 The Sacrificial Economy of Christian Theology; 7 Jesus Christ and the Future of Animals; Epilogue: God's Nature as the Future of the World; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Many of us keep pet animals relying on them for companionship and affection. In the wake of the animal rights movement, many ethicists have questioned the right of humans to ""own"" other sentient beings in this way. The author of this text takes a Christian perspective on the subject.