A Question of Priorities

Democratic Reform and Economic Recovery in Postwar Germany
1. Auflage 1996
ISBN: 978-1-57181-159-2
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 2, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 397 g

Reihe: Monographs in German History

Over the last few years, there has been a noticeable increase in studies on the postwar period of Germany, reflecting the crucial importance of these years for an understanding of the developments in the two Germanys. With her study of U.S. occupation policy and its effects on German social and political developments in Frankfurt, Munich, and Stuttgart, Rebecca Boehling offers a most valuable contribution to this debate. She examines the decisions made by the U.S. Military Government regarding German municipal personnel from the first year of the occupation, when all city officials were appointed directly by Military Government of with its explicit approval, through the first postwar municipal elections in 1946 and 1948, when democratic self-government was gradually restored. Boehling explores the far-reaching effects of personnel decisions on German political life within the framework of U.S. policies intended to denazify and democratize Germany. The conclusion she draws is that the early local-level German developments under U.S. occupation facilitated economic recovery in a manner that restricted the implementation of political and social goals of democratization.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Boehling, Rebecca

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Abbreviations

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1. American Preparations for Postwar German Self-Government

Chapter 2. Structure, Jurisdiction, and Policies of the Office of Military Government – U.S. Zone (OMGUS)

Chapter 3. From Resistance and Liberation to Conquest and Occupation

Chapter 4. The Stunde Null: American Occupiers, German Appointees, and Pre-democratic Municipal Administration

Chapter 5. German Grassroots Democracy and U.S. Military Government: Early Manifestations of Local Self-Government

Chapter 6. U.S. Military Government in Retreat: The Return of German Self-Government and the Results of Democratization Initiatives

Chapter 7. Conclusion: The Legacy of the U.S. Occupation

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Boehling, Rebecca
Rebecca Boehling teaches in the Department of History at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.