LEADER 04964nam 22007334a 450 001 9910959712303321 005 20251117073109.0 010 $a1-282-42270-7 010 $a9786612422706 010 $a0-472-02228-8 024 7 $a10.3998/mpub.155507 035 $a(CKB)2430000000000189 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000335850 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11929240 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000335850 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10277471 035 $a(PQKB)11758927 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3414509 035 $a(OCoLC)593239813 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8431 035 $a(MiU)10.3998/mpub.155507 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3414509 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10315959 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL242270 035 $a(OCoLC)923499431 035 $a(BIP)46248801 035 $a(BIP)12549096 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000000189 100 $a20060117d2006 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCivilizing the enemy $eGerman reconstruction and the invention of the West /$fPatrick Thaddeus Jackson 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAnn Arbor $cUniversity of Michigan Press$dc2006 215 $axvii, 286 p. $cill 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a0-472-09929-9 311 08$a0-472-06929-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 255-274) and index. 327 $aThe West Pole fallacy -- The language of legitimation -- The topography of postwar debates -- The power of "Western civilization" -- Conflicts of interpretation, 1944-46 -- The turning point, 1947-48 -- Securing the new trajectory, 1949-55 -- The fate of 'Western civilization'. 330 $aFor the past century, politicians have claimed that Western Civilization epitomizes democratic values and international stability. But who is a member of Western Civilization? Germany, for example, was a sworn enemy of the United States and much of Western Europe in the first part of the twentieth century, but emerged as a staunch Western ally after World War II. By examining German reconstruction under the Marshall Plan, author Patrick Jackson shows how the rhetorical invention of a West that included Germany was critical to the emergence of the postwar world order. Civilizing the Enemy convincingly describes how concepts are strategically shaped and given weight in modern international relations, by expertly dissecting the history of the West and demonstrating its puzzling persistence in the face of contradictory realities. By revisiting the early Cold War by means of some carefully conducted intellectual history, Patrick Jackson expertly dissects the post-1945 meanings of the West for Europe's emergent political imaginary. West German reconstruction, the foundation of NATO, and the idealizing of 'Western civilization' all appear in fascinating new light. --Geoff Eley, University of Michigan Western civilization is not given but politically made. In this theoretically sophisticated and politically nuanced book, Patrick Jackson argues that Germany's reintegration into a Western community of nations was greatly facilitated by civilizational discourse. It established a compelling political logic that guided the victorious Allies in their occupation policy. This book is very topical as it engages critically very different, and less successful, contemporary theoretical constructions and political deployments of civilizational discourse. --Peter J. Katzenstein, Cornell University What sets Patrick Jackson's book apart is his attention, on the one hand, to philosophical issues behind the kinds of theoretical claims he makes and, on the other hand, to the methodological implications that follow from those claims. Few scholars are willing and able to do both, and even fewer are as successful as he is in carrying it off. Patrick Jackson is a systematic thinker in a field where theory is all the rage but systematic thinking is in short supply. --Nicholas Onuf, Florida International University Patrick Thaddeus Jackson is Assistant Professor of International Relations in American University's School of International Service. 606 $aInternational relations$xSocial aspects 606 $aRhetoric$xPolitical aspects 606 $aReconstruction (1939-1951)$zGermany 606 $aCold War 606 $aCivilization, Western 615 0$aInternational relations$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aRhetoric$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aReconstruction (1939-1951) 615 0$aCold War. 615 0$aCivilization, Western. 676 $a940.53/1440943 700 $aJackson$b Patrick Thaddeus$f1972-$01867388 712 02$aMichigan Publishing (University of Michigan) 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910959712303321 996 $aCivilizing the enemy$94474928 997 $aUNINA