The Politics of Franz Josef Strauss and the CSU, 1949-1969
E-Book, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Web PDF
ISBN: 978-1-78920-604-3
Verlag: Berghahn Books
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Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: Bavaria, 1949
The Question
Bavaria and Germany
Postwar Climate of Opinion
CSU and CDU
Industrial Modernization in CSU-Dominated Bavaria
Chapter 1. Industrial Modernization Just Below the Horizon, 1949–1954
In a Tight Corner
Sealing the Deal with Industry
Strauß Pushes Forward
Turning the Economic Ministry to Account
Seeing Industry in Science
Between Interest-Group Politics and Industrial Modernization
Chapter 2. Inventing a Politics of Modernization, 1954–1957
Liberalizing the CSU
Challenge: the Social Democrats Make Science and Technology a Political Issue
Response: Strauß Gains the Upper Hand
Connecting Defense-Industrial Ideas and Interests
Turning the Defense Ministry to Account
Turning Point
Chapter 3. The Great Leap Forward, 1957–1962
A Window of Opportunity
Black Politics and Red Oil
Big Science
NATO Nuclear Strategy and Bavarian Interest Solidarity
Starfighter, Space Flight, and Military R & D
Strauß’s Fall
Chapter 4. New Tactics in a Time of Transition, 1963–1969
Changing Times
Liberalism and Interventionism in Bavaria
The National Scene
The Western Alliance
The American Challenge and Airbus
Bavaria and the Big World
Conclusion: Bavaria, 1969
Circumstances and Their Masters
Results
A New CSU and a New Bavaria
Bibliography
Index