A History of Franco-German Relations in Europe: From “Hereditary Enemies” to Partners

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction Old Foes and New Friends....Pages 1-10
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Attraction and Repulsion....Pages 13-26
War, Occupation, and Entanglements....Pages 27-38
France and German Dualism, 1756–1871....Pages 39-48
Between Coercion and Conciliation....Pages 49-59
Traditions of Hate among the Intellectual Elite....Pages 61-72
Front Matter....Pages 73-73
Franco-German Relations, 1918–451....Pages 75-88
Franco-German Relations and the Coal Problem in the Aftermath of the First and Second World Wars....Pages 89-100
Civic Activism and the Pursuit of Cooperation in the Locarno Era....Pages 101-112
Two “Naughty Siblings”....Pages 113-123
Attempts at a Franco-German Economic Rapprochement during the Second Half of the 1930s....Pages 125-135
France and the German Economy 1945–48....Pages 137-147
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
On the Path to a “Hereditary Friendship”....Pages 151-164
A New Framework for Franco-German Relations through European Institutions, 1950 to 1954....Pages 165-175
The Relance Européenne and the Nuclear Dimension of Franco-German Rapprochement....Pages 177-187
More than a Geriatric Romance....Pages 189-198
The Soviet Factor in Franco-German Relations, 1958–69....Pages 199-209
What Role for Europe in the International Arena of the Early 1970s?....Pages 211-221
Franco-German Relations in the Giscard-Schmidt Era, 1974–81....Pages 223-233
A Special Relationship....Pages 235-247
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
The “Other” Franco-German Relations ....Pages 249-259
The Franco-German-Polish Weimar Triangle....Pages 261-271
Back Matter....Pages 273-286