Western Europe and Germany

Clemens Wurm Professor of West European History,Humboldt-University of Berlin

• Western Europe, Germany and European integration, 1945-89, C. Wurm; the re-entry of West Germany into the international economy and early European integration, W. Abelshauser; German industry and European integration in the 1950s, W. Buhrer; the United States and European integration - 1947-57, K. Schwabe; "tying" (West) Germany into the West - but to what? NATO? the European Community?, G. Schmidt; social history of European integration, H. Kaelble.

'... [a] useful and often stimulating book.'H-Net'... contains a genuinely original, stimulating and intricate contribution by Gustav Schmidt.'Bulletin of the German Historical Institute'Berg Publishers has built up the most impressive list of books on modern Germany in English. [...] In line with Berg's established tradition, the series provides English readers with invaluable access to the work of leading German scholars and to current debates on modern German history'Journal of Area Studies'...(a) valuable contribution (...) to the study of the first, post-Second World War phase of European integration.'The International History Review'...a worthwhile contribution to empirical research on the subject.'German Politics'...(a) stimulating collection of essays... (...) These essays provide a salutary reminder that Germany has been at the centre of the intergration process from the start.'JES