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Adenauer's heirs : the CDU/CSU from ďetente to reunification /

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Konrad Adenauer, the first chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, led the Christian Democratic Union and its sister party, the Bavarian Christian Social Union, to two decades of political dominance in the postwar Bonn Republic. By the mid-1960s, as Adenauer retired from active politics, howe...

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Main Author: Granieri, Ronald J. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Subjects:
Christlich-Demokratische Union Deutschlands (Germany : West)
Christlich-Soziale Union.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Europe > History > 1945-
Germany (West) > Politics and government.
Germany (West) > History.
Germany (West) > Foreign relations.
Europe > Histoire > 1945-
Allemagne (Ouest) > Politique et gouvernement.
Allemagne (Ouest) > Relations extérieures.
Europe
Germany (West)
European history.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The CDU/CSU in Search of an Identity
  • 1 Experiments in Westpolitik: Franz Josef Straub, the CDU/CSU, and Transatlantic Relations in the 1960s
  • 2 NATO's Nuclear Family: The CDU/CSU and the Politics of Nuclear Weapons, 1963–1974
  • 3 The Last Prussians? The CDU/CSU and Ostpolitik, 1969-1973
  • 4 Party Diplomacy: CDU and CSU at Home and Abroad, 1973–1980
  • 5 From Wende to Wende: The CDU/CSU in Power, 1982–1990
  • Conclusion: Requiem in Strasbourg, Funeral in Berlin? The CDU/CSU in the Twenty-First Century