France and the German Question, 1945-1990

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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In the aftermath of the Second World War and for much of the Cold War, one of the most important issues facing European leaders was what diplomatic posture to take toward the successor states of Nazi Germany. This was perhaps felt no more keenly than in France, which had directly experienced German aggression yet sought to establish productive relations with both Germanys. Drawing on the most recent historiography and previously untapped archival sources, the contributions to this volume show how France's German policy was, for the duration of the Cold War, both more constructive and consequential than has previously been acknowledged by policy makers and scholars.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-07-11
Mått152 x 229 x 21 mm
Vikt599 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor308
FörlagBerghahn Books
ISBN9781789202267

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Frederic Bozo is Professor of Contemporary History at the Sorbonne Nouvelle, University of Paris III, Institute of European Studies. He is the author of numerous books, including Mitterrand, the End of the Cold War, and German Unification (2009) and French Foreign Policy since 1945 (2016), and the editor of such collections as Europe and the End of the Cold War: A Reappraisal (2008).Christian Wenkel is Associate Professor of Contemporary History at Artois University. His research interests cover the Franco-German relationship, French foreign policy, the Cold War and European integration. His publications include Auf der Suche nach einem anderen Deutschland. Das Verhaltnis Frankreichs zur DDR im Spannungsfeld von Perzeption und Diplomatie (2014) and La diplomatie francaise face a l'unification allemande. Archives inedites reunies (with Maurice Vaisse, 2011).

Editors' IntroductionFrederic Bozo and Christian WenkelPART I: FROM CAPITULATION TO COOPERATIONChapter 1. France and the German Question 1945-1949: On the interdependence of Historiography, Methodology, and InterpretationsRainer HudemannChapter 2. Economic and Industrial Issues in France's Approach to the German Question in the Post-war PeriodFrancoise BergerPART II: THE EMERGENCE OF THE BLOC SYSTEMChapter 3. France, German Rearmament, and the German Question 1945-1955Michael H. CreswellChapter 4. Impossible Allies? Soviet Views of France and the German Question in the 1950sGeoffrey RobertsPART III: THE DE GAULLE FACTORChapter 5. The German Question in the Eastern policies of France and Germany in the 1960sBenedikt SchoenbornChapter 6. An Arbiter between the Superpowers: De Gaulle and the German Question, 1958-1969Garret J. MartinPART IV: THE ERA OF OSTPOLITIKChapter 7. Perceptions of Ostpolitik: French-West German Relations and the Evolving German Question under Brandt and PompidouGottfried NiedhartChapter 8. France, the CSCE, and the German QuestionNicolas BadalassiChapter 9. The Economic and Monetary Dimensions of the German Question: a French Perspective, 1969-1979Guido ThiemeyerPART V: THE END GAMEChapter 10. The French 'Obsession' with the German Question: Willy Brandt, Francois Mitterrand, the German Question and German Unification, 1981-1990Bernd RotherChapter 11. All about Europe? France, Great Britain and the Question of German Unification (1989/90)Ilaria PoggioliniChapter 12. Franco-Soviet Relations, German Unification, and the End of the Cold WarFrederic BozoPART VI: ENDURING CONCERNS: ANSCHLUSS, BORDERS, AND THE TWO GERMANYSChapter 13. Towards a New Anschluss? France, the German and the Austrian Questions 1945-55Thomas AngererChapter 14. France, Poland, and Germany's Eastern Border 1945-1990. The Recurrent Issue of the German Question in French-Polish RelationsPierre-Frederic WeberChapter 15. A Surprising Continuity: The French Attitude and Policy Towards the GDR 1949-1990Christian Wenkel