LEADER 04742nam 2200709 450 001 9910792202203321 005 20230421051846.0 010 $a1-78533-011-X 010 $a1-57181-035-8 024 7 $a10.1515/9781785330117 035 $a(CKB)2560000000322516 035 $a(MH)007284198-2 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001235212 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12584121 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001235212 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11223011 035 $a(PQKB)10213683 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5484194 035 $a(DE-B1597)637163 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781785330117 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000322516 100 $a20180825d1996 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA question of priorities $edemocratic reforms and economic recovery in postwar Germany : Frankfurt, Munich, and Stuttgart under U.S. occupation, 1945-1949 /$fRebecca L. Boehling 210 1$aProvidence ;$aOxford :$cBerghahn Books,$d1996. 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 301 p., [6] p. of plates )$cill., map ; 225 0 $aMonographs in German history A question of priorities 225 0$aMonographs in German history ;$vv. 2 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-57181-159-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 280-293) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tABBREVIATIONS -- $tPREFACE -- $tINTRODUCTION -- $tChapter I: American Preparations for Postwar German Self-Government -- $tChapter II: Structure, Jurisdiction, and Policies of the Office of Military Government ? U.S. Zone (OMGUS) -- $tChapter III: From Resistance and Liberation to Conquest and Occupation -- $tChapter IV: The Stunde Null: American Occupiers, German Appointees, and Pre-democratic Municipal Administration -- $tChapter V: German Grassroots Democracy and U.S. Military Government: Early Manifestations of Local Self-Government -- $tChapter VI: U.S. Military Government in Retreat: The Return of German Self-Government and the Results of Democratization Initiatives -- $tChapter VII: Conclusion: The Legacy of the U.S. Occupation -- $tBIBLIOGRAPHY -- $tINDEX 330 $aOver the last few years, there has been a noticeable increase in studies on the postwar period of Germany, reflecting the crucial importance of these years for an understanding of the developments in the two Germanys. With her study of U.S. occupation policy and its effects on German social and political developments in Frankfurt, Munich, and Stuttgart, Rebecca Boehling offers a most valuable contribution to this debate. She examines the decisions made by the U.S. Military Government regarding German municipal personnel from the first year of the occupation, when all city officials were appointed directly by Military Government of with its explicit approval, through the first postwar municipal elections in 1946 and 1948, when democratic self-government was gradually restored. Boehling explores the far-reaching effects of personnel decisions on German political life within the framework of U.S. policies intended to denazify and democratize Germany. The conclusion she draws is that the early local-level German developments under U.S. occupation facilitated economic recovery in a manner that restricted the implementation of political and social goals of democratization. 606 $aMilitary government$zGermany$zFrankfurt am Main 606 $aMilitary government$zGermany$zMunich 606 $aMilitary government$zGermany$zStuttgart 606 $aReconstruction (1939-1951)$zGermany$zFrankfurt am Main 606 $aReconstruction (1939-1951)$zGermany$zMunich 606 $aReconstruction (1939-1951)$zGermany$zStuttgart 607 $aFrankfurt am Main (Germany)$xPolitics and government 607 $aMunich (Germany)$xPolitics and government 607 $aStuttgart (Germany)$xPolitics and government 615 0$aMilitary government 615 0$aMilitary government 615 0$aMilitary government 615 0$aReconstruction (1939-1951) 615 0$aReconstruction (1939-1951) 615 0$aReconstruction (1939-1951) 676 $a352.043/09/044 700 $aBoehling$b Rebecca L.$f1955-$01560072 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792202203321 996 $aA question of priorities$93825729 997 $aUNINA 999 $aThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress