Joschka Fischer and the Making of the Berlin Republic An Alternative History of Postwar Germany

Name: Joschka Fischer and the Making of the Berlin Republic An Alternative History of Postwar Germany
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ISBN: 9780195181838

ISBN-10: 0195181832

ISBN-13: 9780195181838

Edition: 2007

Authors: Paul Hockenos

List price: $67.00

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Throughout his long and controversial career in German politics, Joschka Fischer gained a reputation as an astute and visionary politician. In the 1980s he was one of the first Green Party members elected to parliament. He went on to become Germany's foreign minister and vice chancellor from 1998 to 2005. And his famous challenge to Donald Rumsfeld's case for invading Iraq--"Excuse me, I am not convinced"--gained him worldwide recognition. Here is both a lively biography of Joschka Fischer and an insightful alternative history of postwar Germany. Focusing on Fischer and the postwar generations, Paul Hockenos guides us through the flashpoints of the late sixties and seventies, from the…

Book details

List price: $67.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/21/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 9.29" wide x 6.18" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English



Introduction



Adenauer's Germany



Postwar



Silent Fifties



The Red Decade



Anti-Authoritarian Revolt



Radical Left



From Protest to Parliament



Between Harrisburg and Hiroshima



Autumn of the Euromissiles



Going Realo



One Two Many Germanys



The Berlin Republic



German Questions



The Price of Power



Continental Drift


Conclusion


Notes


Index