Peace at All Costs

Catholic Intellectuals, Journalists, and Media in Postwar Polish-German Reconciliation
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-78920-024-9
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 23, 254 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 524 g

Reihe: Contemporary European History

Although it was characterized by simmering international tensions, the early Cold War also witnessed dramatic instances of reconciliation between states, as former antagonists rebuilt political, economic, and cultural ties in the wake of the Second World War. And such efforts were not confined to official diplomacy, as this study of postwar rapprochement between Poland and West Germany demonstrates. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Peace at All Costs follows Polish and German non-state activists who attempted to establish dialogue in the 1950s and 1960s, showing how they achieved modest successes and media attention at the cost of more nuanced approaches to their national histories and identities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Frieberg, Annika

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Konflikt- und Friedensforschung, Rüstungskontrolle, Abrüstung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1. Unexpected Meetings and New Beginnings. Inspirations, Transformations, and Opportunities, 1939–1958

Chapter 2. Victims, Heroes, and Dark Reflections: Polish Travelers, West German Journalists, and the New Relations, 1958–1964

Chapter 3. Radio Relations: Klaus von Bismarck, Poland, and the Audiovisual Media Institutes

Chapter 4. Televising the Territorial Conflict: Documentary Portrayals of Polish-German Relations

Chapter 5. Of Forgiving and Forgetting: The Religious Memoranda and the Media, 1961–1968

Chapter 6. Brandt-ing Reconciliation: Politics, Media, and New Relations, 1968–1972

Chapter 7. Remembering and Rewriting Reconciliation: The 1990s

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Frieberg, Annika
Annika Frieberg is an Assistant Professor of History at San Diego State University. Her research and teaching focus on war and genocide, gender, conflict resolution, media, national, and transnational questions in Central Europe. She is the co-editor of the volume Reconciling with the Past: Resources and Obstacles in a Global Perspective (Routledge, 2017).