Bibliograph

Germany's foreign policy of reconciliation, from enmity to amity, Lily Gardner Feldman

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Germany's foreign policy of reconciliation, from enmity to amity, Lily Gardner Feldman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-376) and index

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mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Germany's foreign policy of reconciliation

Nature of contents

bibliography

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887971286

Responsibility statement

Lily Gardner Feldman

Sub title

from enmity to amity

Summary

Since World War II, Germany has confronted its own history to earn acceptance in the family of nations. Lily Gardner Feldman draws on the literature of religion, philosophy, social psychology, law and political science, and history to understand Germany's foreign policy with its moral and pragmatic motivations and to develop the concept of international reconciliation. Germany's Foreign Policy of Reconciliation traces Germany's path from enmity to amity by focusing on the behavior of individual leaders, governments, and non-governmental actors. The book demonstrates that, at least in the cases of France, Israel, Poland, and Czechoslovakia/the Czech Republic, Germany has gone far beyond banishing war with its former enemies; it has institutionalized active friendship. The German experience is now a model of its own, offering lessons for other cases of international reconciliation. Gardner Feldman concludes with an initial application of German reconciliation insights to the other principal post<U+0127> World War II pariah, as Japan expands its relations with China and South Korea.--, Provided by Publisher

Table Of Contents

The narrowness and breadth of reconciliation in the international arena -- Responsibility and realism : the contours of German foreign policy as context for external reconciliation -- Germany's relations with France : from enmity to amity -- Germany's relations with Israel : from abyss to miracle -- Germany's relations with Poland : from community of disputes to close partnership -- Germany's relations with the Czech Republic : from community of conflict to predictable friendship -- Comparison and prescription -- Appendix : comparative timeline of Germany's reconciliation with France, Israel, Poland, and Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic, 1945-2009

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