France and the Reunification of Germany

Leadership in the Workshop of World Politics
2. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-030-80765-8
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 459 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 615 g

With the collapse of the Soviet Union and its Eastern European bloc, the reunification of Germany was a major episode in the history of modern Europe — and one widely held to have been opposed by that country's centuries-old enemy, France. But while it has been previously believed that French President François Mitterrand played a negative role in events leading up to reunification, this book shows that Mitterrand's main concern was not the potential threat of an old nemesis but rather that a reunified Germany be firmly anchored in a unified Europe.

Updated with a new introduction and other materials, the book blends primary research and interviews with key actors in France and Germany to take readers behind the scenes of world governments as a new Europe was formed. Tilo Schabert had unprecedented, exclusive access to French presidential archives and here focuses on French diplomacy not only to dispel the notion that Mitterrand was reluctant to accept reunification but also to show how successful he was in bringing it about.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schabert, Tilo

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Diplomatie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Europäische Union, Europapolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction: The Political Science of HistoryChapter 2: Thinking at the ÉlyséeChapter 3: In the Workshop of World PoliticsChapter 4: World Politics, European Politics, and German Politics: "The Grand Strategy“Chapter 5: German Politics, European Politics, and World Politics: “Everything that is not impossible is possible”Chapter 6: The Problem of France's Economic SovereigntyChapter 7: The Question of Nuclear WarChapter 8: Germany in France's Power GameChapter 9: The Reunification of Germany: In Quest of a ScenarioChapter 10: The Voice of EuropeChapter 11: Is Germany About To Break Loose?Chapter 12: The "Inevitable“: The Pole Star of Unity shines over the GermansChapter 13: The Struggle with Chancellor Kohl: Mitterrand's LeadershipChapter 14: Germany's Reunification is orchestrated by the Actors in the Workshop of World PoliticsChapter 15: Two Major Problems to be Resolved:  Germany's Membership in NATO and the Question of BordersChapter 16: France in the Two-Plus-Four NegotiationsChapter 17: Epilogue

Über Autor(innen)

Tilo Schabert is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Erlangen, Germany. He also taught at the Universities of Munich, Stanford, Bochum, Trier and Dresden, and was Research Fellow at Stanford, Harvard and the Australian National University, as well as Senior Heisenberg Research Fellow at the German Research Council. Schabert was Visiting Professor in Lisbon, Perpignan, Paris, Rennes, Salerno, Naples and Beijing.