1989 and the West : Western Europe since the End of the Cold War
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Author biographies -- Editors -- Contributors -- Introduction: 1989 and the West: revisiting the Cold War victory narrative -- Toward a history of Western Europe since the end of the Cold War -- Ele...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Milton : Routledge,
2019
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Routledge Studies in Modern European History Ser.
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| Schlagworte: | Neoliberalism World politics Economic history Europe, Western-Politics and government-1989- Neoliberalism-Europe, Western Electronic books |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (305 pages) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Author biographies -- Editors -- Contributors -- Introduction: 1989 and the West: revisiting the Cold War victory narrative -- Toward a history of Western Europe since the end of the Cold War -- Eleni Braat and Pepijn Corduwener -- The end of the Cold War as accelerator -- The legacy of the end of the Cold War today -- Outline -- Notes -- References -- Part I: A new Germany in a new Europe -- Chapter 1: Germany and Europe after 1989: The spectre of the German question versus the resilience of self-restraint -- The German Question and international relations theory in the 1990s -- Germany as Europe's hegemon -- Germany's 1989 at three levels -- Notes -- Literature -- Chapter 2: The view from Benjamin Franklin Strasse: American military bases and the politics of conversion in post-1989 Germany -- Conversion and transformation in post-Cold War Germany -- Hopes and anxieties of conversion during the Cold War -- The fall of the Berlin Wall and the process of conversion in Germany -- Plans for the future: housing, environment, and employment -- Conclusion: the conversion, three decades on -- Notes -- Literature -- Chapter 3: The rise of a new power: Germany's political realism and global strategy -- Introduction: 1989, the new Germany -- German reunification and the restarting of the European integration process -- Germany's transformation from 2005 onward: three factors in reshaping Germany's international role -- From the 'sick man of Europe' to a role model: political and institutional stability in the German Federal Republic in the 2000s -- The features of German power: political realism and global strategy -- Conclusion: the changing position of Germany in Europe -- Notes -- Literature. |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (305 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781351379939 1351379933 9781138505070 1138505072 |