The Paradox of German Power by Hans Kundnani
Since the Euro crisis began, Germany has emerged as Europe's dominant power. During the last three years, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been compared with Bismarck and even Hitler in the European media. And yet few can deny that Germany today is very different from the stereotype of nineteenth- and twentieth-century history. After nearly seventy years of struggling with the Nazi past, Germans think that they more than anyone have learned its lessons. Above all, what the new Germany thinks it stands for is peace. Germany is unique in this combination of economic assertiveness and military abstinence. So what does it mean to have a 'German Europe' in the twenty-first century? In The Paradox of German Power Hans Kundnani explains how Germany got to where it is now and where it might go in future. He explores German national identity and foreign policy through a series of tensions in German thinking and action: between continuity and change, between 'normality' and 'abnormality', between economics and politics, and between Europe and the world.
'A major contribution to our understanding of the evolution of contemporary Europe'--Anthony Giddens 'A thoughtfully conceived, well-informed, and carefully researched history of the German question and its relevance for Europe's future.' - Geoff Eley, Karl Pohrt Distinguished University Professor of Contemporary History, University of Michigan
Hans Kundnani is Editorial Director at the European Council on Foreign Relations, having previously worked as a journalist for The Guardian, The Observer, Financial Times, Prospect and the Times Literary Supplement. He is the author of Utopia or Auschwitz: Germany's 1968 Generation and the Holocaust, also published by Hurst.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781849044158 |
| ISBN 10 | 1849044155 |
| Title | The Paradox of German Power |
| Author | Hans Kundnani |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2014-10-30 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
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