Introduction * Part I: Germany?s Academic Foreign Policy Debate * The Question of Germany?s Normalizing Ambitions * Germany-Still Not a Civilianizing Power * Part II: German Diplomacy As Communicative Action * In the Habermasian Practice of Reasoning * The Smyser-Habermasian Navigational Aid for Analysis * Part III: Germany?s Influence on the U.S. Decision to Enlarge NATO: The Process from 1993-1997 * The Year 1993: Initiating the Debate on NATO Enlargement * The Year 1994: The Holbrooke-Factor * The Year 1995: Keeping the Process Afloat * The Years 1996/7: Winning Moscow?s Approval
Summary
This book assesses the diplomatic path of influence taken by German decision-makers during the early nineties in pursuit of their cautiously articulated interest in and commitment to the eastward enlargement of NATO
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-298) and index
