Trading power : West Germany's rise to global influence, 1963-1975 /

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Author / Creator:	Gray, William Glenn, author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Description:	xiii, 498 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	World politics -- 1955-1965. World politics -- 1965-1975. Diplomatic relations. Economic policy. International economic relations. Politics and government. World politics. Germany (West) -- Foreign relations. Germany (West) -- Foreign economic relations. Germany (West) -- Economic policy. Germany (West) -- Politics and government. Germany (West)
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12971430

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ISBN:	9781108424646 1108424643 9781108440752 1108440754 9781108341196
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"This book traces the successes and failures of a generation of German political leaders as the Bonn Republic emerged as a substantial force in European, Atlantic, and world affairs. Over the course of the 1960s and 1970s, West Germans relinquished many trappings of hard power, most notably nuclear weapons, and learned to leverage their economic power instead. Obsessed with stability and growth, Bonn governments battled inflation in ways that enhanced the international position of the Deutsche Mark while upending the international monetary system. Germany's remarkable export achievements exerted a strong hold on the Soviet bloc, forming the basis for a new Ostpolitik under Willy Brandt. Through much trial and error, the Federal Republic learned how to find a balance among key Western allies, and in the mid-1970s Helmut Schmidt ensured Germany's centrality to institutions such as the European Council and the G-7 - the newly emergent leadership structures of the West"--
Other form:	Online version: Gray, William Glenn. Trading power Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023 9781108341196

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