Peter O’Brien is Associate Professor of Political Science at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas.

• Acknowledgements, 1 GERMANY BETWEEN NATIONALISM AND LIBERALISM, 2 ESCAPING THE PAST, 3 LIBERALIZING AUSLÄNDERPOLITIK 1969–1982, 4 CONSERVATIVE LIBERALISM 1982–1990, 5 UNITED GERMANY: BUNDESREPUBLIK OR DEUTSCHLAND?, Bibliography, Index

'O'Brien's short book moves at a cracking pace, driven by irony and sarcasm and relentless desire to expose the ambivalence of German attitudes' - Joachim Whaley, Journal of European Studies

Peter O’Brien is Associate Professor of Political Science at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas.

• Acknowledgements, 1 GERMANY BETWEEN NATIONALISM AND LIBERALISM, 2 ESCAPING THE PAST, 3 LIBERALIZING AUSLÄNDERPOLITIK 1969–1982, 4 CONSERVATIVE LIBERALISM 1982–1990, 5 UNITED GERMANY: BUNDESREPUBLIK OR DEUTSCHLAND?, Bibliography, Index

'O'Brien's short book moves at a cracking pace, driven by irony and sarcasm and relentless desire to expose the ambivalence of German attitudes' - Joachim Whaley, Journal of European Studies

Peter O’Brien is Associate Professor of Political Science at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas.

• Acknowledgements, 1 GERMANY BETWEEN NATIONALISM AND LIBERALISM, 2 ESCAPING THE PAST, 3 LIBERALIZING AUSLÄNDERPOLITIK 1969–1982, 4 CONSERVATIVE LIBERALISM 1982–1990, 5 UNITED GERMANY: BUNDESREPUBLIK OR DEUTSCHLAND?, Bibliography, Index

'O'Brien's short book moves at a cracking pace, driven by irony and sarcasm and relentless desire to expose the ambivalence of German attitudes' - Joachim Whaley, Journal of European Studies