The Weimar century : german émigrés and the ideological foundations of the Cold War
"The Weimar Century reveals the origins of two dramatic events: Germany's post-World War II transformation from a racist dictatorship to a liberal democracy, and the ideological genesis of the Cold War. Blending intellectual, political, and international histories, Udi Greenberg shows that...
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| Sprache: | English |
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Princeton Oxford : Princeton University Press,
[2014]
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| Schlagworte: | Military government Nation-building Elite (Social sciences) Cold War Political science Political science / Public Affairs & Administration Geschichte 1945-1955 Deutschland <Bundesrepublik> USA Demokratisierung mehr... |
| Umfang: | ix, 276 Seiten |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Introduction
- The search for "responsible elites" : Carl J. Friedrich and the reform of higher education
- Socialist reform, the rule of law, and labor outreach : Ernst Fraenkel and the concept of "collective democracy"
- Conservative Catholicism and American philanthropy : Waldemar Gurian, "personalist" democracy, and anti-communism
- Individual liberties and "militant democracy" : Karl Loewenstein and aggressive liberalism
- From the League of Nations to Vietnam : Hans J. Morgenthau and realist reform of international relations
- Conclusion.