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In Search of Germany (Hardcover)
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Much that has happened in the world since 1989 gives cause for
elation, but there is also much that gives reason for alarm. The
euphoria that attended the dismantling of the Berlin Wall and the
collapse of communism has been compromised by tragic events in
recent years, such as the bitter ethnic rivalries in Yugoslavia,
the civil war in Rwanda, and the terrorist bombings in New York
City and Oklahoma City. In Search of Germany seeks to accomplish
three purposes: to initiate a review of the whole of the post-World
War II period and consider what actually happened in the Federal
Republic and in the German Democratic Republic during those forty
years; to acknowledge that the present "age of anxiety" did not
originate in 1989; and to see that Europe today is indeed in
trouble and the difficulties that the world is experiencing have
social, political, and intellectual roots. In Search of Germany is
an augmented and enlarged collection derived from a special issue
of Daedalus. Additions that have been made to the book include a
chapter by Timothy Garton Ash entitled "Germany's Choice," a
concluding section by the editors, and an index. While the book
focuses on Germany, it serves a wider purpose as well by also
studying Europe, democracy, and modernity. The prejudices and fears
of Germany, precisely because they are specific to and yet not
peculiar to Germany, tell a great deal of why an earlier European
(and American) optimism has been lost, and why so much contemporary
political discourse avoids explicit consideration of really
sensitive issues. Half a century after the end of World War II,
there is interest not only in the policies pursued by the Nazi
regime, the crimes it perpetrated throughout Europe, and the
suffering it inflicted on hundreds of millions, but also on what
preceded that unprecedented tragedy and what has followed it. In
Search of Germany is a timely and significant analysis of
contemporary world politics and will be necessary reading for
political scientists, historians, and scholars of international
studies.
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