Democracy imposed : U.S. occupation policy and the German public, 1945-1949 /

How successful was the United States in attempting to impose a democratic system on Germany after the Second World War? Did U.S. occupation policy actually change German society and attitudes? In this book Richard L. Merritt addresses these questions from a novel perspective. Instead of studying wha...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Merritt, Richard L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1995.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Military government > Germany > History > 20th century.
Gouvernement militaire > Allemagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration
Diplomatic relations
Military government
Public opinion, American
Besatzungspolitik
Öffentliche Meinung
Bezettingen.
Amerikanen.
Democratie.
Germany > History > 1945-1955.
Germany > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > Germany.
Germany > Foreign public opinion, American.
Allemagne > Histoire > 1945-1955.
Allemagne > Relations extérieures > États-Unis.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > Allemagne.
Allemagne > Opinion publique américaine.
Germany
United States
Deutschland > Bundesrepublik
USA
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : changing German society
  • pt. 1. America's dream of a democratic Germany. America's wartime images of Germany
  • U.S. occupation policy
  • Assessing German perspectives
  • pt. 2. Changes images of the past. National Socialism in retrospect
  • Nazi crimes against the world
  • Punishing the guilty : Nuremberg and after
  • Denazification
  • Coming to terms with the past
  • pt. 3. Building a new Germany. U.S. military as mentors
  • Socialization to democracy
  • Media as democratizers
  • Federal governance
  • Creating the future.

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