Containing Germany

Britain and the Arming of the Federal Republic
1999. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-333-73581-7
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Reihe: Contemporary History in Context

This book presents a radical reappraisal of British policy towards West German rearmament until the Federal Republic's incorporation into NATO and contains a series of major new theses on British attitudes towards European integration, Anglo-Soviet relations and the 'Special Relationship'. It places policy in the context of Anglo-German distrust, American demands for a German contribution and British fears of antagonising the Soviets. It clarifies numerous controversial issues by demonstrating British willingness to compromise with the Soviets over German unification, the British military's desire to reduce the continental commitment and Eden's enthusiasm for a European Army.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mawby, S.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

General Editor's Preface Acknowledgements Introduction The Gendarmerie Schemes The Labour Backlash The EDC Option Rearmament Reconsidered Revisiting Rapallo The Unresolved German Problem Epilogue: Britain and the Federal Republic of Germany, 1956-1990 Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

SPENCER MAWBY teaches International History at the London School of Economics, where he has taught since 1995 and took his doctorate. He has studied at the University of Durham, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth and the London School of Economics