Germany - The Tides of Power

BOOK COVER......Page 1
HALF-TITLE......Page 2
TITLE......Page 3
COPYRIGHT......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 5
PREFACE......Page 7
1 FROM TRIBE TO NATIONAL STATE: THE FIRST REICH......Page 12
GERMANY’S EASTERN FACE......Page 14
GERMANY AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION......Page 16
THE FAILURE OF THE LIBERALS......Page 18
INTERNAL AFFAIRS UNDER BISMARCK......Page 23
BISMARCK’S FOREIGN POLICY......Page 29
GERMANY BECOMES AN INDUSTRIAL LEADER......Page 32
INTERNAL AFFAIRS UNDER THE KAISER......Page 34
THE ROAD TO WAR......Page 37
THE WAR OF THE THREE GAMBLES......Page 42
THE REVOLUTION WHICH LOST ITS WAY......Page 47
PEACE WITHOUT HONOUR......Page 50
PRECARIOUS FULFILMENT......Page 54
THE WILD MEN GET THEIR CHANCE......Page 56
THE TOTALITARIAN STATE......Page 62
THE BLUFFS THAT SUCCEEDED......Page 69
THE BLUFF THAT WAS CALLED......Page 73
EUROPE AT HIS FEET......Page 75
THE LONG ROAD BACK......Page 77
PLANS PRIOR TO SURRENDER......Page 88
A SUMMER OF MAKE-DO AND MEND......Page 90
THE POTSDAM CONFERENCE......Page 94
THE ECONOMIC TANGLE......Page 99
GERMAN ATTITUDES......Page 101
BIZONIA......Page 105
A BALANCE-SHEET OF OCCUPATION......Page 108
CURRENCY REFORM AND ITS CONSEQUENCES......Page 112
ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION......Page 116
THE WESTERN PARTIES JOCKEY FOR POSITION......Page 124
THE DRAFTING OF THE BASIC LAW......Page 128
THE BASIC LAW......Page 131
GERMANY GETS GOVERNMENTS AGAIN......Page 138
SAAR AND RUHR......Page 141
THE DEFENCE OF WESTERN EUROPE......Page 145
DISASTER AND RECOVERY......Page 150
10 ADENAUER’S HIGH NOON: 1955–1961......Page 153
INTRANSIGENCE ABROAD......Page 160
ADENAUER PROVES HIS OWN WORST ENEMY......Page 170
THREE YEARS OF FUMBLING......Page 174
RESTORING CONFIDENCE AT HOME......Page 180
SMALL STEPS ONLY GET A SMALL DISTANCE......Page 183
THE OPPOSITION GOES OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT......Page 185
THE TRANSFER OF POWER......Page 191
THE OSTPOLITIK SCRAPES THROUGH......Page 193
NO LONGER THE MAN FOR THE SEASON......Page 200
SCHMIDT SAVES THE SITUATION......Page 210
TERRORISM AND NUCLEAR ENERGY AROUSE PASSIONS......Page 213
THE UNDOING OF FRANZ JOSEPH STRAUSS......Page 217
DIE WENDE......Page 219
MUCH THE SAME THING AS BEFORE......Page 222
FINANCE AND POLITICS......Page 224
THE PAST THAT WILL NOT PASS AWAY......Page 226
THE INTAKE FROM OUTSIDE......Page 228
IN BRIEF......Page 230
16 THE IMPOSSIBLE HAPPENS: 1989–1990......Page 231
I......Page 238
II......Page 240
III......Page 242
ANNEXE: THE CURRENT VOTING SYSTEM FOR FEDERAL ELECTIONS......Page 246
LIST OF TABLES......Page 248
2 THE SECOND REICH: 1871–1918......Page 258
3 THE FIRST ATTEMPT AT DEMOCRACY: 1918–1933......Page 259
4 THE THIRD REICH: 1933–1945......Page 260
5–7 THE POST-WAR PERIOD 1945–1949......Page 262
8–14 THE GERMAN REPUBLICS 1949–1982......Page 263
INDEX......Page 265