English summary: This study examines the origins of two incisive processes: the transformation of post-war Germany from a National Socialist Volksgemeinschaft to a liberal democracy and the ideological genesis of the Cold War. Its central objects of study are five German emigrants: the political theorist and Protestant Carl J. Friedrich, the Socialist political scientist Ernst Fraenkel, the Catholic publicist Waldemar Gurian, the liberal lawyer Karl Loewenstein, and finally Hans Morgenthau, a political scientist, lawyer, ...
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English summary: This study examines the origins of two incisive processes: the transformation of post-war Germany from a National Socialist Volksgemeinschaft to a liberal democracy and the ideological genesis of the Cold War. Its central objects of study are five German emigrants: the political theorist and Protestant Carl J. Friedrich, the Socialist political scientist Ernst Fraenkel, the Catholic publicist Waldemar Gurian, the liberal lawyer Karl Loewenstein, and finally Hans Morgenthau, a political scientist, lawyer, and theoretician in the field of international relations. They had all been intensively involved in the political debates of the Weimar era, had survived National Socialism in exile in the United States, and all went on to become influential American intellectuals and political advisors. Udi Greenberg traces their paths and demonstrates through the application of approaches from intellectual history and politics that experiences from the Weimer Republic became foundational for Germany's democratic reconstruction as well as for the transatlantic post-war order. Beginning in the interwar period in Germany and reaching until the end of the East/West conflict, this study illuminates five figures, their ideas, and the resulting political decision-making that was to have an enduring impact on Germany's relationship to America as well as on the fabric of the Cold War. German description: Die Studie widmet sich den Ursprungen zweier einschneidender Prozesse - der Transformation Nachkriegsdeutschlands von der nationalsozialistischen Volksgemeinschaft zu einer liberalen Demokratie und der ideologischen Genese des Kalten Kriegs. Im Zentrum der Studie stehen funf deutsche Emigranten, der politische Denker und Protestant Carl J. Friedrich, der sozialistische Politikwissenschaftler Ernst Fraenkel, der katholische Publizist Waldemar Gurian, der liberale Anwalt und Jurist Karl Loewenstein und schliesslich Hans Morgenthau, Politikwissenschaftler, Jurist und Theoretiker auf dem Gebiet der internationalen Beziehungen. Sie alle hatten sich intensiv an den politischen Debatten der Weimarer Zeit beteiligt, uberlebten die Zeit des Nationalsozialismus im Exil in den Vereinigten Staaten und avancierten dort zu einflussreichen amerikanischen Intellektuellen und Politikberatern. Udi Greenberg folgt ihren Spuren und zeigt unter Einbeziehung ideengeschichtlicher und politischer Perspektiven, dass der Grundstein fur Deutschlands demokratischen Wiederaufbau wie auch fur die transatlantische Nachkriegsordnung auf Erfahrungen der Weimarer Republik basierte. Von der Zwischenkriegszeit in Deutschland bis zum Ende des Ost-West-Konflikts beleuchtet die Untersuchung funf Personlichkeiten, ihre Ideen und daraus folgende politische Entscheidungen, die das Verhaltnis Deutschlands zu Amerika und das Gefuge des Kalten Kriegs nachhaltig pragten.
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Fine. Text in German. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 328 p. Language: german-In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
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New. Text in German. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 328 p. Language: german-In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
