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Thomas Maulucci - Adenauer's Foreign Office - 9780875804637 - V9780875804637
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Adenauer's Foreign Office

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Description for Adenauer's Foreign Office Hardcover. Recounting the creation of the West German Foreign Office, this study explores three of the central themes in the early history of the Federal Republic: the integration of the new state into the international community, the cooptation of German elites by the new political system, and the creation of government in a state under foreign occupation. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 36. Weight in Grams: 758.

The creation of the Foreign Office under Adenauer tells us much about the possibilities and limits of professional diplomacy in the mid-twentieth century. It also demonstrates three themes central to the early history of the Federal Republic: the integration of the new state into the international community, the cooptation of German elites and traditions by the new political system, and the creation of government in a state under foreign occupation.

In this important study, Thomas Maulucci argues that, despite an improvised start and a considerable continuity of practice and personnel with pre-1945 Germany, the changed international anddomestic situation proved decisive ... Read more

Based on extensive research in German, American, British, and French archives, Adenauer's Foreign Office is the only English-language book of its kind. The troubling question of personnel continuity in the German diplomatic service is of considerable importance today, especially because of the Foreign Office's previous attempts to portray its past in the best possible light. Of interest to scholars and students of German history and politics as well as non-specialists, this book provides new insights into post-war diplomacy, the sociology of German elites, and the problems involved in creating a new government after losing a major war.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780875804637
SKU
V9780875804637
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About Thomas Maulucci
Thomas W. Maulucci, Jr., is associate professor and chair of the History Department and the International Studies Program at American International College.

Reviews for Adenauer's Foreign Office
Maulucci has produced a very readable account of Adenauer's foreign office, of its origins and traditions, and of its myths.
German History
Thomas Maulucci's comprehensive analysis is both a study in continuities and discontinuities in post-World War II West German foreign policy and a deeply researched prosopography with mental maps of the Wilhelmstraße veterans in the Federal Republic's ... Read more

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