No Exit : : America and the German Problem, 1943–1954 / / James McAllister.
James McAllister outlines a new account of early Cold War history, one that focuses on the emergence of a bipolar structure of power, the continuing importance of the German question, and American efforts to create a united Western Europe. Challenging the conventional wisdom among both international...
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McAllister, James, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut No Exit : America and the German Problem, 1943–1954 / James McAllister. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018] ©2001 1 online resource (296 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Cornell Studies in Security Affairs Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. America, the German Problem, and the Bipolar Revolution -- Chapter 2. Wartime Diplomacy and Postwar Plans -- Chapter 3. One German Problem or Two? -- Chapter 4. Years of Danger and Opportunity: The Restoration of a European Balance of Power -- Chapter 5. Temporary and Permanent Solutions: German Rearmament and the European Defense Community -- Chapter 6. No Exit: America and the Future of Europe -- Sources -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star James McAllister outlines a new account of early Cold War history, one that focuses on the emergence of a bipolar structure of power, the continuing importance of the German question, and American efforts to create a united Western Europe. Challenging the conventional wisdom among both international relations theorists and Cold War historians, McAllister argues that America's central objective from the Second World War to the mid-1950s was to create a European order that could be peaceful and stable without requiring the permanent presence of American ground forces on the continent.The permanent presence of American forces in Europe is often seen as a lesson that policymakers drew from the disastrous experiences of two world wars, but McAllister's archival research reveals that both FDR and Eisenhower, as well as influential strategists such as George Kennan, did not draw this lesson. In the short term, American power was necessary to balance the Soviet Union and reassure Western Europe about the revival of German power, but America's long-term objective was to create the conditions under which Western Europe could take care of both of these problems on their own.In the author's view, the key element of this strategy was the creation of the European Defense Community. If Western Germany could be successfully integrated and rearmed within the context of the EDC, Western Europe would have taken the most important step to becoming a superpower on par with the United States and the Soviet Union. Understanding why this strategy was pursued and why it failed, McAllister asserts, has important implications for both international relations theory and contemporary questions of American foreign policy. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2024) Balance of power History 20th century. German reunification question (1949-1990). World War, 1939-1945 Influence. Political Science & Political History. U.S. History. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International). bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013 9783110536157 https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501732256 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501732256 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501732256/original |
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