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Epilogue

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 September 2019

Erik Grimmer-Solem
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Wesleyan University, Connecticut
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The epilogue takes up the story of the men followed in the book after the calamity ofWorld War II and the Holocaust, offering reflections on West Germany’s transformation into a peaceful democracy and its reintegration into the world economy enabled by the Bretton Woods System, the NATO alliance, and debt forgiveness. It concludes with observations about Fritz Fischer’s interpretation of the course of German history and the continued relevance of the German past for understanding the challenges of globalization in the twenty-first century.

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Learning Empire
Globalization and the German Quest for World Status, 1875–1919
, pp. 600 - 603
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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  • Epilogue
  • Erik Grimmer-Solem, Wesleyan University, Connecticut
  • Book: Learning Empire
  • Online publication: 20 September 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108593908.014
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  • Epilogue
  • Erik Grimmer-Solem, Wesleyan University, Connecticut
  • Book: Learning Empire
  • Online publication: 20 September 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108593908.014
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  • Epilogue
  • Erik Grimmer-Solem, Wesleyan University, Connecticut
  • Book: Learning Empire
  • Online publication: 20 September 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108593908.014
Available formats
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