Winning the peace : the British in occupied Germany, 1945-1948 /
" By adopting a unique biographical approach, this book examines the aims and intentions of twelve important and influential individuals who worked for the British Military Government in occupied Germany during the first three years after the end of the Second World War. British policy was dist...
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London ; New York, NY :
Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
2017.
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Table of Contents:
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- 1. Introduction
- Part I. Physical Reconstruction
- The Military Governors and Army Generals
- 2. Creating Order Out of Chaos
- 3. The Occupation as a Moral Crusade
- 4. Criticism at Home and Allegations of Corruption
- Part II. Political Renewal: Civilian Diplomats and Administrators
- 5. 'Trying to Beat the Swastika into the Parish Pump'
- First Steps Towards Political Renewal
- 6. International Socialist Visions of Political Renewal
- 7. Regional Administration in Hamburg
- Part III. Personal Reconciliation
- Young Men with No Adult Experience but War
- 8. A Younger Generation
- 9. The English Army Officer who Created the German News Magazine Der Spiegel
- 10. Getting to Know the Germans
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.