Book contents
- Trading Power
- Trading Power
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The Unraveling of Adenauer’s Grand Strategy (1962–1963)
- 2 America’s Junior Partner (1963–1964)
- 3 Twenty Years After (1964–1965)
- 4 The Stability Imperative (1965–1966)
- 5 Gaullist Temptations (1966–1968)
- 6 The Magnetism of Prosperity (1967–1968)
- 7 A Decisive Election (1969)
- 8 The Zenith of Ostpolitik (1970)
- 9 The European Pendulum (1970–1972)
- 10 Hazards from the Global South (1970–1972)
- 11 The Embattled Chancellor (1971–1972)
- 12 The Center of Europe (1973)
- 13 The Crisis Management Team (1973–1974)
- 14 New Structures for the West (1974–1975)
- Conclusion
- Select Bibliography
- Index
1 - The Unraveling of Adenauer’s Grand Strategy (1962–1963)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 October 2022
- Trading Power
- Trading Power
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The Unraveling of Adenauer’s Grand Strategy (1962–1963)
- 2 America’s Junior Partner (1963–1964)
- 3 Twenty Years After (1964–1965)
- 4 The Stability Imperative (1965–1966)
- 5 Gaullist Temptations (1966–1968)
- 6 The Magnetism of Prosperity (1967–1968)
- 7 A Decisive Election (1969)
- 8 The Zenith of Ostpolitik (1970)
- 9 The European Pendulum (1970–1972)
- 10 Hazards from the Global South (1970–1972)
- 11 The Embattled Chancellor (1971–1972)
- 12 The Center of Europe (1973)
- 13 The Crisis Management Team (1973–1974)
- 14 New Structures for the West (1974–1975)
- Conclusion
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Drawing on the diary of Heinrich Krone, Chapter 1 opens by exploring social and cultural changes in West Germany at the end of Konrad Adenauer’s long ascendancy. The Christian Democratic milieu was losing its lock on politics, and the successes of German integration into Atlantic and European communities gave rise to new questions about whether NATO or the EEC had precedence; how German unity could be pursued in the face of détente; and what relationships were possible with the Soviet bloc. Adenauer’s choice was to intensify relations with de Gaulle’s France, with the 1963 Elysée Treaty defining the partnership between France and West Germany as a Cold War bulwark against détente and the USSR. This approach was challenged and significantly modified by the chancellor’s critics in the Bundestag, who feared alienating the United States and pushed for Ludwig Erhard to replace Adenauer. Foreign Minister Gerhard Schröder pushed for a “policy of movement,” intended to represent the cause of German unity more forcefully. Controversies over military aid, relations with Israel, and the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty showed that Adenauer’s long delay in resigning had left a vacuum of leadership.
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- Trading PowerWest Germany's Rise to Global Influence, 1963–1975, pp. 12 - 38Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022