Christian Democracy in Europe Since 1945: Volume 2

For the first time, this book reveals the actual roles of the Christian Democratic (CD) parties in postwar Europe from a pan-European perspective. It shows how Christian Democratic parties became the dominant political force in postwar Western Europe, and how the European People's Party is currently the largest group in the European Parliament. CD parties and political leaders like Adenauer, Schuman and De Gasperi played a particularly important role in the evolution of the 'core Europe' of the EEC/EC after 1945. Key chapters address the same questions about the parties' membership and social organization; their economic and social policies; and their European and international policies during the Cold War. The book also includes two survey chapters setting out the international political context for CD parties and comparing their postwar development, and two chapters on their transnational party cooperation after 1945.This is the companion volume to Political Catholicism in Europe 1918-1945.

Politics & Social Sciences

Gehler, Michael

Kaiser, Wolfram

Politics & Government

Routledge

Austrian Foreign Policy in Historical Context (Contemporary Austrian Studies)

In 2005, Austria celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of its liberation from the Nazi regime and the fiftieth anniversary of the State Treaty that ended the occupation and returned full sovereignty to the country. This volume of Contemporary Austrian Studies covers foreign policy in the twentieth century. It offers an up-to-date status report of Austria's foreign policy trajectories and diplomatic options.Eva Nowotny, the current Austrian ambassador to the United States, introduces the volume with an analysis of the art and practice of Austrian diplomacy in historical perspective. Ambassador Wolfgang Petritsch analyzes recent Balkans diplomacy as an EU emissary in the Bosnian and Kosovo crises. Historians Günther Kronenbitter, Alexander Lassner, Günter Bischof, Joanna Granville, and Martin Kofler provide historical case studies of pre-and post-World War I and World War II Austrian diplomacy, Austria's dealings with the Hungarian crisis of 1956, and its mediation between Kennedy and Khrushchev in the early 1960s. Political scientists Romain Kirt, Stefan Mayer, and Gunther Hauser analyze small states' foreign policymaking in a globalizing world, Austrian federal states' separate regional policy initiatives abroad and Austria's role vis-à-vis current European security initiatives. Michael Gehler periodizes post-World War II Austrian foreign policy regimes and provides a valuable summary of both the available archival and printed diplomatic source collections. A "Historiography Roundtable" is dedicated to the Austrian Occupation decade. Günter Bischof reports on the state of occupation historiography; Oliver Rathkolb on the historical memory of the occupation; Michael Gehler on the context of the German question; and Wolfgang Mueller and Norman Naimark on Stalin's Cold War and Soviet policies towards Austria during those years. Review essays and book reviews on art theft, anti-Semitism, the Hungarian crisis of 1956, among other topics, complete the volume.

History

Pelinka, Anton

Bischof, Günter

Europe

In 2005, Austria celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of its liberation from the Nazi regime and the fiftieth anniversary of the State Treaty that ended the occupation and returned full sovereignty to the country. This volume of Contemporary Austrian Studies covers foreign policy in the twentieth century. It offers an up-to-date status report of Austria's foreign policy trajectories and diplomatic options.  Eva Nowotny, the current Austrian ambassador to the United States, introduces the volume with an analysis of the art and practice of Austrian diplomacy in historical perspective. Ambassador Wolfgang Petritsch analyzes recent Balkans diplomacy as an EU emissary in the Bosnian and Kosovo crises. Historians Günther Kronenbitter, Alexander Lassner, Günter Bischof, Joanna Granville, and Martin Kofler provide historical case studies of pre-and post-World War I and World War II Austrian diplomacy, Austria's dealings with the Hungarian crisis of 1956, and its mediation between Kennedy and Khrushchev in the early 1960s. Political scientists Romain Kirt, Stefan Mayer, and Gunther Hauser analyze small states' foreign policymaking in a globalizing world, Austrian federal states' separate regional policy initiatives abroad and Austria's role vis-à-vis current European security initiatives. Michael Gehler periodizes post-World War II Austrian foreign policy regimes and provides a valuable summary of both the available archival and printed diplomatic source collections. A "Historiography Roundtable" is dedicated to the Austrian Occupation decade. Günter Bischof reports on the state of occupation historiography; Oliver Rathkolb on the historical memory of the occupation; Michael Gehler on the context of the German question; and Wolfgang Mueller and Norman Naimark on Stalin's Cold War and Soviet policies towards Austria during those years. Review essays and book reviews on art theft, anti-Semitism, the Hungarian crisis of 1956, among other topics, complete the volume. 

Following the defeat of the Third Reich in 1945, Germany has experienced recurring turmoil and reinvention. In this ambitious book, Michael Gehler explores the political path Germany has taken since the Yalta Conference, observing the different Germanies against the background of the Cold War, European integration, and international relations. Written from an independent perspective, it provides a valuable assessment of our own times, as he shows how the three Germanies (Bonn, Pankow, and today’s “Berlin Republic”) sought to establish governments that could create stable states.

Three Germanies: From Partition to Unification and Beyond, Second Expanded Edition

Reaktion Books

Since the defeat of the Third Reich in 1945, Germany has been in a continual state of turmoil and reinvention. In Three Germanies, Michael Gehler explores the political rollercoaster Germany has been riding since the Yalta Conference, which split postwar Germany into separate zones controlled by the Soviets, Americans, French, and British. Peace, however, was short lived; from 1948 to 1949 Stalin blockaded Berlin in an attempt to gain control over the largest city in Germany. Though the blockade was finally broken in May of 1949, soon after, Germany was officially split into the Federal Republic of Germany, or West Germany, and the German Democratic Republic, or East Germany. From then on, Germany became two very different countries with opposite political ideals, splitting families down the middle ideologically—and soon physically, with the erection of the Berlin Wall in 1961. 
Though the Berlin Wall came down in 1989 and Germany was reunified, its problems were far from over: to this day Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Grand Coalition struggle to implement reform. Gehler’s timely and relevant study will appeal to readers interested in postwar diplomacy and the future of Germany, as it examines Germany’s attempts to find a government and a leader that will create a stable and secure country in the twenty-first century.

Three Germanies: West Germany, East Germany and the Berlin Republic (Contemporary Worlds)

The end of the Second World war did not mean the end of violence for many regions in Eastern Europe. The establishment of Communist-led governments often met not only civil but also armed resistance. These actions were taken by partisan groups and paramilitary forces which in some cases had been formed already during the war to support axis forces. In other cases - like Poland's Armia Krajowa - they fought Nazi and Soviet occupiers with the same fervour. The aims of the fighters were the end of Communist rule and - like in the Baltic region - independence from the Soviet Union. Difficulties in accessing sources and research taboos as well as a focus on other aspects of the Cold War are reasons why violent resistance in Europe after the Second World War is a topic yet rather underestimated and comparably little investigated by historiography. This book gives a comprehensive first overview of the ultimately futile attempts to end the rule of Moscow and her proxies.

Violent Resistance: From the Baltics to Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe 1944-1956

Schriffl, David

Ferdinand Schoningh Wilhelm Fink &

Deutsche Geschichte – fundiert, zugänglich und bildgewaltig! In der opulenten Enzyklopädie wird die deutsche Historie durch Illustrationen, Karten und Fotografien lebendig. Das imposante Werk ist eine beeindruckende Gesamtdarstellung von der Spätantike bis zur Gegenwart – entwickelt von renommierten deutschen Historikern auf dem neuesten Forschungsstand! Das Geschichtsbuch präsentiert sogar noch viel mehr als die klassische Politikgeschichte, es lässt Sie in den historischen Alltag eintauchen.\nHeute ist es aufgrund aktueller gesellschaftlicher und politischer Entwicklungen wichtiger denn je, sich mit der deutschen Geschichte zu beschäftigen. Das Geschichtsbuch ist als Verbindung von wissenschaftlich fundiertem Nachschlagewerk und spannendem Bildband perfekt dazu geeignet. Historisches wird besonders anschaulich dargestellt und die geschichtlichen Fakten jeder Epoche in journalistischen Texten erläutert. Das imposante Geschichtsbuch beschreibt sowohl politische und militärische Ereignisse als auch verschiedene Bereiche des menschlichen Lebens – gesellschaftliche und kulturelle Strömungen, medizinische Entdeckungen, Kunstwerke, Erfindungen, mediale Neuerungen, das Alltagsleben der Zeit sowie die Biografien entscheidender Persönlichkeiten.\nVom Jahre 400 bis heute: Zeittafeln führen die wichtigsten Ereignisse chronologisch auf, Vorher-/Nachher-Kästen stellen Zusammenhänge her und Wendepunkte werden hervorgehoben. Gehen Sie auf Zeitreise mit diesem außerordentlich lebendigen und spannend aufbereiteten Geschichtsbuch!

Deutsche Geschichte: Die große Bild-Enzyklopädie

Steinacher, Roland

Donecker, Stefan

Oelze, Patrick

Domzalski, Oliver

Mollenhauer, Daniel

Raßloff, Steffen

Dorling Kindersley Verlag

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Christian Democracy in Europe Since 1945: Volume 2

Austrian Foreign Policy in Historical Context (Contemporary Austrian Studies)

Austrian Foreign Policy in Historical Context (Contemporary Austrian Studies)

Three Germanies: From Partition to Unification and Beyond, Second Expanded Edition

Three Germanies: West Germany, East Germany and the Berlin Republic (Contemporary Worlds)

Violent Resistance: From the Baltics to Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe 1944-1956

Deutsche Geschichte: Die große Bild-Enzyklopädie