Foreword -- Preface -- The Setting -- German-American Cooperation Since1945 -- Security: NATO and the Division of Labor -- West German Questions about Deterrence -- Strategy Under Challenge -- Relations with the East -- Contrasting Economic Philosophies -- New German and American Attitudes -- Present at the Dissolution?
Summary
West Germany is now one of the world's most powerful and prosperous states. The author emphasizes that Germany has become a new Germany, with different capabilities and needs than the Germany of Adenauer's days