LEADER 04126nam 2200541 450 001 9910466855703321 005 20191125102339.0 010 $a1-5017-3289-7 024 7 $a10.7591/9781501732898 035 $a(CKB)4100000007109333 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5965045 035 $a(DE-B1597)514895 035 $a(OCoLC)1083601217 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501732898 035 $a(OCoLC)1148158549 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse71813 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5965045 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007109333 100 $a20191125d1997 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe German predicament $ememory and power in the new Europe /$fAndrei S. Markovits and Simon Reich 210 1$aIthaca, New York ;$aLondon :$cCornell University Press,$d[1997] 210 4$d©1997 215 $a1 online resource (xv, 248 pages) 311 $a1-5017-3288-9 311 $a0-8014-2802-5 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tPREFACE -- $tIntroduction: The Latest Stage of the German Question -- $tPart One. HISTORY AND ANALYSIS -- $tCHAPTER ONE. Europe and the German Question -- $tCHAPTER TWO. Optimists and Pessimists -- $tPart Two. COLLECTIVE MEMORY AND PUBLIC OPINION -- $tCHAPTER THREE. Germans and Germany: A View from the United States -- $tCHAPTER FOUR. Reactions among the Europeans -- $tCHAPTER FIVE. Greece The European Rim: Greece, Portugal, Spain, Ireland -- $tCHAPTER SIX. Four Small Northern States: Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Finland -- $tCHAPTER SEVEN. Austria: Germany's Junior Partner -- $tCHAPTER EIGHT. The World of Post-Communism: Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary / $rHinchey, Manik -- $tCHAPTER NINE. The Big States: Italy, France, Great Britain -- $tPart Three. THE THREE FACES OF POWER -- $tCHAPTER TEN. The Deployment of German Soldiers Abroad -- $tCHAPTER ELEVEN. Germany's Economic Power in Europe / $rWestermann, Frank -- $tCHAPTER TWELVE. Foreign Cultural Policy / $rHöfig, Carolyn -- $tConclusion: The Predicament of the Berlin Republic -- $tNOTES -- $tINDEX 330 $aWhat does the unification of Germany really mean? In their stimulating exploration of that question, Andrei S. Markovits and Simon Reich sketch diametrically different interpretations than are frequently offered by commentators. One is that Germany, well aware of the Holocaust, has been 'Europeanized' and is now prepared to serve as the capitalist and democratic locomotive that powers Europe. The other is that the proclivities behind Auschwitz have been suppressed rather than obliterated from the German psyche. Germany's liberal democracy was imposed by the allied victors, according to this view, and will one day dissolve, revealing the old expansionist tendencies to try to 'Germanize' all of Europe.Markovits and Reich argue that benign contemporary assessments of Germany's postwar democracy, combined with admiration for the country's economic achievements, contribute to German influence far greater than military might was able to achieve. Yet, at the same time, some Germans have internalized liberal and pacifist principles and now see their nation as powerless, simply a larger Switzerland. As a result, while the Germans have enormous influence and latitude, they have not taken responsibility for leadership. The prime reason for this gap beween ideology and structure, Markovits and Reich suggest, lies in the politics of collective memory. 606 $aPolitical culture$zGermany 606 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General$2bisacsh 607 $aGermany$xPolitics and government$y1990- 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPolitical culture 615 7$aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General. 676 $a943.0879 700 $aMarkovits$b Andrei S.$0126425 702 $aReich$b Simon$f1959- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910466855703321 996 $aThe German predicament$92448545 997 $aUNINA