1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990005286770403321

Autore

Lesky, Albin <1896-1981>

Titolo

Die tragische Dichtung der Hellenen / von Albin Lesky

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Göttingen, : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1972

Edizione

[3. völlig neub. und erw. Aufl.]

Descrizione fisica

544 p. ; 23 cm

Collana

Studienhefte zur Altertumswissenschaft ; 2

Disciplina

882.01

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

ST.REL. 10-A 09

P2B-250-LESKY A.-1972

FCL 2333

FIL. TEOR. 3113

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910811384903321

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.