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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792398703321

Autore

Hindenburg Hannfried von

Titolo

Demonstrating reconciliation : state and society in West German foreign policy toward Israel, 1952-1965 / / Hannfried von Hindenburg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 2007

ISBN

1-84545-287-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 229 pages)

Disciplina

327.430569409/045

Soggetti

German reunification question (1949-1990)

Germany (West) Foreign relations Israel

Israel Foreign relations Germany (West)

Germany (West) Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [204]-221) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Society and ideas in German foreign policy making -- Ideas, beliefs, and politics, 1950s-1960s -- The first ten years: national interest vs. national obligation, 1952-1962 -- "The fateful question of the German nation": German foreign policy toward Israel, 1962-1964 -- "The normalization of the situation": German foreign policy toward Israel, 1964-1965 -- Demonstrating reconciliation: state and society in West German foreign policy toward Israel, 1952-1965.

Sommario/riassunto

For more than a decade, West Germany denied Israel the commencement of official diplomatic relations. In a policy-reversal, however, Bonn eventually offered Jerusalem the exchange of ambassadors in 1965. This book interprets the government's change of heart as the result of grassroots intervention in high level politics.