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Author Granieri, Ronald J

Title The Ambivalent Alliance : Konrad Adenauer, the CDU/CSU, and the West, 1949-1966
Published New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (273 pages)
Series Monographs in German History Ser. ; v. 9
Monographs in German History Ser
Contents Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Epigraph ; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction. Konrad Adenauer and the Paradox of Westbindung; Chapter 1. The Chancellor and His Allies, 1949-1953; Chapter 2. Sovereignty and Its Discontents, 1953-1957; Chapter 3. Adrift in a Wider World, 1958-1961; Chapter 4. A Paris-Bonn Axis? 1961-1963; Chapter 5. The End of the Adenauer Era, 1963-1966; Conclusion. Whose West Is Best?; Bibliography ; Index
Summary Whenever asked to name his most significant accomplishment as West Germany's first Chancellor, Konrad Adenauer would invariably reply: ""The alliance with the free West."" Scholars have echoed his assessment, citing the Federal Republic of Germany's successful integration into the American-led West (Westbindung) as the key to its postwar economic and political recovery. Behind this simple success story, however, lies a much more complicated history: Adenauer and the CDU/CSU remained ambivalent about the ultimate relationship between Europe, Germany, and the United States within the West, torn
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-246) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967.
SUBJECT Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967 fast
Subject Christlich-Demokratische Union Deutschlands (Germany : West)
Christlich-Soziale Union.
SUBJECT Christlich-Demokratische Union Deutschlands (Germany : West) fast
Christlich-Soziale Union fast
Subject HISTORY / Europe / Germany.
Diplomatic relations
SUBJECT Germany (West) -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- Germany (West)
Subject Germany (West)
United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2002025431
ISBN 9781782389699
1782389695
1571812725
9781571812728