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Author Schabert, Tilo.

Title How world politics is made : France and the reunification of Germany / by Tilo Schabert ; translated from the French by John Tyler Tuttle ; edited and abridged by Barry Cooper
Published Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2009]
©2009

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Description xix, 401 pages ; 24 cm
Series The Eric Voegelin series in political philosophy
Eric Voegelin Institute series in political philosophy.
Contents Pt. I. Germany: A Subject for Debate -- Ch. 1. Thinking at the Elysee -- Ch. 2. Strategic Conversations -- Pt. II. France, Germany -- Ch. 3. French Distresses -- Ch. 4. The Question of Nuclear War -- Pt. III. A European Vision -- Ch. 5. The Reunification of Germany -- Ch. 6. The Voice of Europe -- Ch. 7. 1989 -- Ch. 8. 1989-1990 -- Epilogue: Creative Anxieties
Summary "Dispelling the notion that François Mitterrand was reluctant to accept the reunification of Germany, Schabert focuses on French diplomacy, re-creating cabinet meetings and quoting communications between Mitterrand and other world leaders, to show that Mitterrand's main concern was that a reunified Germany be firmly anchored in a unified Europe"--Provided by publisher
Notes Originally published: Stuttgart : Klett-Cotta, c2002, under title Wie Weltgeschichte gemacht wird : Frankreich und die deutsche Einheit
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-380) and indexes
Subject Mitterrand, François, 1916-1996 -- Political and social views.
Mitterrand, François, 1916-1996.
World politics -- 1985-1995.
SUBJECT France -- Foreign relations -- 1981-1995. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051252
France -- Foreign relations -- Germany. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051253
Germany -- Foreign relations -- France. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054523
Germany -- History -- Unification, 1990. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91000423
Author Cooper, Barry, 1943-
LC no. 2008055460
ISBN 0826218482 (alk. paper)
9780826218483 (alk. paper)
Other Titles Weltgeschichte gemacht wird. English
France and the reunification of Germany