America and the Shaping of German Society, 1945-1955
Publisher: Berg Publishers
The decade 1945-1955 is indisputably one of the most important in modern German (as well as European) history. What is less clear, however, given what we now know about Germany in the wake of its reunification, is the degree to which the United States and the other Allied victors shaped the institutions, policies, and culture of the Federal Republic of Germany in this crucial period. To what extent were, Americanization,modernization, and normalization congruent?This work focuses on the role of th