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Auteur(s) : Greenberg, Ehud (1980-....)
Titre(s) : The Weimar century [Texte imprimé] : German émigrés and the ideological foundations of the Cold War / Udi Greenberg
Publication : Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, cop. 2014
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (IX-276 p.) : illustrations ; 25 cm
Comprend : 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.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"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 the foundations of Germany's reconstruction lay in the country's
first democratic experiment, the Weimar Republic (1918-1933). He traces the paths
of five crucial German émigrés who participated in Weimar's intense political debates,
spent the Nazi era in the United States, and then rebuilt Europe after a devastating
war. Examining the unexpected stories of these diverse individuals--Protestant political
thinker Carl J. Friedrich, Socialist theorist Ernst Fraenkel, Catholic publicist Waldemar
Gurian, liberal lawyer Karl Loewenstein, and international relations theorist Hans
Morgenthau--Greenberg uncovers the intellectual and political forces that forged Germany's
democracy after dictatorship, war, and occupation. In restructuring German thought
and politics, these émigrés also shaped the currents of the early Cold War. Having
borne witness to Weimar's political clashes and violent upheavals, they called on
democratic regimes to permanently mobilize their citizens and resources in global
struggle against their Communist enemies. In the process, they gained entry to the
highest levels of American power, serving as top-level advisors to American occupation
authorities in Germany and Korea, consultants for the State Department in Latin America,
and leaders in universities and philanthropic foundations across Europe and the United
States. Their ideas became integral to American global hegemony. From interwar Germany
to the dawn of the American century, The Weimar Century sheds light on the crucial
ideas, individuals, and politics that made the trans-Atlantic postwar order"
Sujet(s) : Guerre froide
Relations extérieures -- Allemagne -- États-Unis -- 1945-1990
Relations extérieures -- États-Unis -- Allemagne -- 1945-1990
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780691159331. - ISBN 0691159335
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44317106s
Notice n° :
FRBNF44317106
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
