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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827632803321

Autore

Feldman Lily Gardner

Titolo

Germany's foreign policy of reconciliation : from enmity to amity / / Lily Gardner Feldman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012

ISBN

1-283-52403-1

9786613836489

1-4422-1710-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 393 p.)

Disciplina

327.1/720943

Soggetti

Reconciliation - Political aspects - Germany - History - 20th century

Reconciliation - Political aspects - Germany - History - 21st century

Germany Foreign relations France

France Foreign relations Germany

Germany Foreign relations Israel

Israel Foreign relations Germany

Germany Foreign relations Poland

Poland Foreign relations Germany

Germany Foreign relations Czech Republic

Czech Republic Foreign relations Germany

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

The Narrowness and Breadth of Reconciliation in the International Arena -- Responsibility and Realism : The Contours of German Foreign Policy as Context for External Reconciliation -- Germany's Relations with France : From Enmity to Amity -- Germany's Relations with Israel : From Abyss to Miracle -- Germany's Relations with Poland : From Community of Disputes to Close Partnership -- Germany's Relations with the Czech Republic : From Community of Conflict to Predictable Friendship -- Comparison and Prescription -- Appendix -- Comparative Timeline of Germany's Reconciliation with France, Israel, Poland, and Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic, 1945-2009.

Sommario/riassunto

Germany's Foreign Policy of Reconciliation examines the Federal



Republic's external relations with four former enemies-France, Israel (the Jewish people), Poland, and Czechoslovakia/the Czech Republic-as it achieved international rehabilitation after the Holocaust. The book develops the concept of international reconciliation while illustrating its manifestation in practice, blending and balancing moral imperatives with pragmatic interests. Germany emerges as a model for how the bitterest of former international enemies can reconcile.