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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811224403321

Autore

Etheridge Brian Craig <1973->

Titolo

Enemies to allies : Cold War Germany and American memory / / Brian C. Etheridge

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Kentucky : , : University Press of Kentucky, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-8131-6663-2

0-8131-6641-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (383 p.)

Collana

Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace

Disciplina

327.7304309/045

Soggetti

Cold War

United States Foreign relations Germany

Germany Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations 1945-1989

Germany Foreign relations 1945-

Germany Foreign public opinion, American

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

Introduction: answering the German question -- "Tomorrow the world" : images of Germany before the Cold War -- "Germany belongs in the western world" : Germany and consensus politics in America, 1945-1959 -- "Your post on the frontier" : Germany in an age of consensus, 1945-1959 -- "The anti-German wave" : maintaining and challenging consensus in an age of chaos, 1959-1969 -- "We refuse to be "good Germans'" : Germany in a divided decade, 1959-1969 -- "The hero is us" : representations of Germany since the 1960s -- Conclusion: the significance of the German question in the twenty-first century.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume explores narratives of Germany in the United States, with a particular focus on the post-World War II period. It examines how a wide range of actors - including special interest groups and U.S. and West German policymakers - sought to deploy representations of Germany to influence public opinion and achieve their domestic and foreign policy objectives. The book analyzes cultural artifacts such as popular books, films, and television shows to reveal how narratives



about the Third Reich and Cold War Germany were manufactured, contested, and co-opted as rival viewpoints competed for legitimacy.