Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Introduction: Politics, Security, Economics, Culture, and Society - Dimensions of Transatlantic Relations
- POLITICS
- “No Harder Enterprise” - Politics and Policies in the German-American Relationship, 1945-1968
- 1 The Allied Council of Foreign Ministers Conferences and the German Question, 1945-1947
- 2 The United States in the Allied Control Council - From Dualism to Temporary Division
- 3 Supervised Democratization: American Occupation and German Politics
- 4 Life Rewarded the Latecomers - Denazification During the Cold War
- 5 The Marshall Plan and the Origins of the Cold War
- 6 Winning the Peace - The United States, Western Germany, and the Ambiguities of “Dual Containment” 1945-1950
- 7 The United States and the Founding of the Federal Republic, 1948-1949
- 8 From Occupation to Alliance - German-American Relations, 1949-1955
- 9 Rollback - An Offensive Strategy for the Cold War
- 10 From Supreme Authority to Reserved Rights and Responsibilities - The International Legal Basis of German-American Relations
- 11 Germany Between the Superpowers, 1948-1968
- 12 The United States and the German Question, 1949-1968
- 13 Divided Loyalties in Transatlantic Policy Toward Europe
- 14 The U.S. Congress and German-American Relations
- 15 Political Parties and German-American Relations - Politics Beyond the Water’s Edge
- 16 Personalities and Politics - The American Ambassadors to the Federal Republic
- 17 The Ambassadors of the Federal Republic of Germany in Washington, 1955-1968
- 18 Berlin - Catalyst and Fault Line of German-American Relations in the Cold War
- 19 “Little Room for Maneuver” - Relations Between the United States and the GDR
- SECURITY
- Security Through Deterrence? German-American Security Relations, 1945-1968 - The Primacy of Security Policy
- 1 Overcast, Paperclip, Osoaviakhim - Looting and the Transfer of German Military Technology
- 2 The Dilemmas of Dual Containment - Germany as a Security Problem, 1945-1950
- 3 Partners in Defense - America, West Germany, and the Security of Europe, 1950-1968
- 4 Variable Architectures for War and Peace - U.S. Force Structure and Basing in Germany, 1945-1990
- 5 The Shifting Military Balance in Central Europe
- 6 NATO Strategy and the German-American Relationship
- 7 German-American Disagreements over Arms-Control Policy
- 8 The Origins of Intelligence Cooperation Between the United States and West Germany
- ECONOMICS
- From Enlightened Hegemony to Partnership - The United States and West Germany in the World Economy, 1945-1968
- 1 From Weakening an Enemy to Strengthening an Ally: The United States and German Reparations
- 2 Restructuring and Support - Beginnings of American Economic Policy in Occupied Germany
- 3 From Decartelization to Reconcentration - The Mixed Legacy of American-Led Corporate Reconstruction in Germany
- 4 Opting for the Structural Break: The West German Currency Reform and Its Consequences
- 5 The Marshall Plan
- 6 Protégé and Partner - The United States and the Return of West Germany to the Liberal World Economic System
- 7 American and German Trade Relations
- 8 Technology and the Construction of the Alliance - Technology Transfer, the Cold War, and German-American Relations
- 9 Occupation Costs, Stationing Costs, Offset Payments - The Conflict over the Burdens of the Cold War
- 10 From Reconstruction Aid to Capital Interlocking: Direct and Portfolio Investments
- 11 German and American Economic and Monetary Policy
- 12 The Influence of the United States on German Economic Thought
- CULTURE
- A New Start and Old Prejudices: The Cold War and German-American Cultural Relations, 1945-1968
- 1 U.S. Cultural Policy and German Culture During the American Occupation
- 2 American Influences on the German Educational System
- 3 American Cultural Policy in the Federal Republic of Germany, 1949-1968
- 4 Between Elitism and Educational Reform - German-American Exchange Programs, 1945-1970
- 5 Science and Scientific Exchange in the German-American Relationship
- 6 American Literature in Germany and Its Reception in the Political Context of the Postwar Years
- 7 The American Reception of Contemporary German Literature
- 8 Cold War Politics and American Popular Culture in Germany
- 9 Popular Music in Germany - The Genesis of a New Field of Discourse
- 10 German Musical Influences in the United States
- 11 Side by Side - Hollywood and German Film Culture
- 12 From Reeducation to Alternative Theater - German-American Theater Relations
- 13 Fascination, Ignorance, and Rejection - Changing Transatlantic Perspectives in the Visual Arts, 1945-1968
- 14 Architecture as Political Medium
- 15 The Legacy of the Holocaust in Germany and the United States
- SOCIETY
- America and Social Change in Germany
- 1 Gentle Conquest in the West: Americans and Germans, 1944-1945
- 2 Gender, Race, and Power - American Soldiers and the German Population
- 3 CARE Packages - Gifts from Overseas to a Defeated and Debilitated Nation
- 4 Remigrants and Reconstruction
- 5 Immigration and Emigration Before 1968
- 6 The German Churches and the Specter of Americanization
- 7 From Negation to First Dialogues - American Jewry and Germany in the First Postwar Decades
- 8 German and American Women Between Domesticity and the Workplace
- 9 Support and Dissent - German and American Labor’s Transnational Ties
- 10 Study Tours, Trade Fairs, Publicity Campaigns - German-American Business Encounters and Cold War Anxieties
- 11 Producing to Consume Becomes Consuming to Produce - Advertising and Consumerism in German-American Relations
- 12 American Influences on Urban Developments in West Germany
- 13 Blurred Sovereignty - The German-American Media Relationship in the Postwar Era
- 14 In Hitler’s Shadow
- 15 Old Stereotypes and New Realities - The West German Image of the United States
- 16 The Good and the Bad America - Perceptions of the United States in the GDR
- 17 Neither East Nor West - Anti-Americanism in West Germany, 1945-1968
- 18 Americanization
- 19 Westernization - The Transition in Political Culture
- Index
CULTURE
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 January 2013
- Frontmatter
- Introduction: Politics, Security, Economics, Culture, and Society - Dimensions of Transatlantic Relations
- POLITICS
- “No Harder Enterprise” - Politics and Policies in the German-American Relationship, 1945-1968
- 1 The Allied Council of Foreign Ministers Conferences and the German Question, 1945-1947
- 2 The United States in the Allied Control Council - From Dualism to Temporary Division
- 3 Supervised Democratization: American Occupation and German Politics
- 4 Life Rewarded the Latecomers - Denazification During the Cold War
- 5 The Marshall Plan and the Origins of the Cold War
- 6 Winning the Peace - The United States, Western Germany, and the Ambiguities of “Dual Containment” 1945-1950
- 7 The United States and the Founding of the Federal Republic, 1948-1949
- 8 From Occupation to Alliance - German-American Relations, 1949-1955
- 9 Rollback - An Offensive Strategy for the Cold War
- 10 From Supreme Authority to Reserved Rights and Responsibilities - The International Legal Basis of German-American Relations
- 11 Germany Between the Superpowers, 1948-1968
- 12 The United States and the German Question, 1949-1968
- 13 Divided Loyalties in Transatlantic Policy Toward Europe
- 14 The U.S. Congress and German-American Relations
- 15 Political Parties and German-American Relations - Politics Beyond the Water’s Edge
- 16 Personalities and Politics - The American Ambassadors to the Federal Republic
- 17 The Ambassadors of the Federal Republic of Germany in Washington, 1955-1968
- 18 Berlin - Catalyst and Fault Line of German-American Relations in the Cold War
- 19 “Little Room for Maneuver” - Relations Between the United States and the GDR
- SECURITY
- Security Through Deterrence? German-American Security Relations, 1945-1968 - The Primacy of Security Policy
- 1 Overcast, Paperclip, Osoaviakhim - Looting and the Transfer of German Military Technology
- 2 The Dilemmas of Dual Containment - Germany as a Security Problem, 1945-1950
- 3 Partners in Defense - America, West Germany, and the Security of Europe, 1950-1968
- 4 Variable Architectures for War and Peace - U.S. Force Structure and Basing in Germany, 1945-1990
- 5 The Shifting Military Balance in Central Europe
- 6 NATO Strategy and the German-American Relationship
- 7 German-American Disagreements over Arms-Control Policy
- 8 The Origins of Intelligence Cooperation Between the United States and West Germany
- ECONOMICS
- From Enlightened Hegemony to Partnership - The United States and West Germany in the World Economy, 1945-1968
- 1 From Weakening an Enemy to Strengthening an Ally: The United States and German Reparations
- 2 Restructuring and Support - Beginnings of American Economic Policy in Occupied Germany
- 3 From Decartelization to Reconcentration - The Mixed Legacy of American-Led Corporate Reconstruction in Germany
- 4 Opting for the Structural Break: The West German Currency Reform and Its Consequences
- 5 The Marshall Plan
- 6 Protégé and Partner - The United States and the Return of West Germany to the Liberal World Economic System
- 7 American and German Trade Relations
- 8 Technology and the Construction of the Alliance - Technology Transfer, the Cold War, and German-American Relations
- 9 Occupation Costs, Stationing Costs, Offset Payments - The Conflict over the Burdens of the Cold War
- 10 From Reconstruction Aid to Capital Interlocking: Direct and Portfolio Investments
- 11 German and American Economic and Monetary Policy
- 12 The Influence of the United States on German Economic Thought
- CULTURE
- A New Start and Old Prejudices: The Cold War and German-American Cultural Relations, 1945-1968
- 1 U.S. Cultural Policy and German Culture During the American Occupation
- 2 American Influences on the German Educational System
- 3 American Cultural Policy in the Federal Republic of Germany, 1949-1968
- 4 Between Elitism and Educational Reform - German-American Exchange Programs, 1945-1970
- 5 Science and Scientific Exchange in the German-American Relationship
- 6 American Literature in Germany and Its Reception in the Political Context of the Postwar Years
- 7 The American Reception of Contemporary German Literature
- 8 Cold War Politics and American Popular Culture in Germany
- 9 Popular Music in Germany - The Genesis of a New Field of Discourse
- 10 German Musical Influences in the United States
- 11 Side by Side - Hollywood and German Film Culture
- 12 From Reeducation to Alternative Theater - German-American Theater Relations
- 13 Fascination, Ignorance, and Rejection - Changing Transatlantic Perspectives in the Visual Arts, 1945-1968
- 14 Architecture as Political Medium
- 15 The Legacy of the Holocaust in Germany and the United States
- SOCIETY
- America and Social Change in Germany
- 1 Gentle Conquest in the West: Americans and Germans, 1944-1945
- 2 Gender, Race, and Power - American Soldiers and the German Population
- 3 CARE Packages - Gifts from Overseas to a Defeated and Debilitated Nation
- 4 Remigrants and Reconstruction
- 5 Immigration and Emigration Before 1968
- 6 The German Churches and the Specter of Americanization
- 7 From Negation to First Dialogues - American Jewry and Germany in the First Postwar Decades
- 8 German and American Women Between Domesticity and the Workplace
- 9 Support and Dissent - German and American Labor’s Transnational Ties
- 10 Study Tours, Trade Fairs, Publicity Campaigns - German-American Business Encounters and Cold War Anxieties
- 11 Producing to Consume Becomes Consuming to Produce - Advertising and Consumerism in German-American Relations
- 12 American Influences on Urban Developments in West Germany
- 13 Blurred Sovereignty - The German-American Media Relationship in the Postwar Era
- 14 In Hitler’s Shadow
- 15 Old Stereotypes and New Realities - The West German Image of the United States
- 16 The Good and the Bad America - Perceptions of the United States in the GDR
- 17 Neither East Nor West - Anti-Americanism in West Germany, 1945-1968
- 18 Americanization
- 19 Westernization - The Transition in Political Culture
- Index
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2004