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03114aam a2200409 i 4500 001 4E36413CD37711ED83DD52344BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230405010043 008 220521s2023 enka b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022022849 020 $a 1108440754 020 $a 9781108440752 020 $a 1108424643 020 $a 9781108424646 035 $a (OCoLC)1322444617 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-gw--- 050 00 $a DD260.5 G73 2023 100 1 $a Gray, William Glenn, $e author. 245 10 $a Trading power : $b West Germany's rise to global influence, 1963-1975 / $c William Glenn Gray, Purdue University, Indiana. 264 1 $a Cambridge, UK ; $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2023. 300 $a xiii, 498 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a The unraveling of Adenauer's grand strategy (1962-1963) -- America's junior partner (1963-1964) -- Twenty years after (1964-1965) -- The stability imperative (1965-1966) -- Gaullist temptations (1966-1968) -- The magnetism of prosperity (1967-1968) -- A decisive election (1969) -- The zenith of Ostpolitik (1970) -- The European pendulum (1970-1972) -- Hazards from the Global South (1970-1972) -- The embattled chancellor (1971-1972) -- The center of Europe (1973) -- The crisis management team (1973-1974) -- New structures for the West (1974-75). 520 $a "This book traces the successes and failures of a generation of German political leaders as the Bonn Republic emerged as a substantial force in European, Atlantic, and world affairs. Over the course of the 1960s and 1970s, West Germans relinquished many trappings of hard power, most notably nuclear weapons, and learned to leverage their economic power instead. Obsessed with stability and growth, Bonn governments battled inflation in ways that enhanced the international position of the Deutsche Mark while upending the international monetary system. Germany's remarkable export achievements exerted a strong hold on the Soviet bloc, forming the basis for a new Ostpolitik under Willy Brandt. Through much trial and error, the Federal Republic learned how to find a balance among key Western allies, and in the mid-1970s Helmut Schmidt ensured Germany's centrality to institutions such as the European Council and the G-7 - the newly emergent leadership structures of the West"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a World politics $y 1955-1965. 650 0 $a World politics $y 1965-1975. 651 0 $a Germany (West) $x Foreign relations. 651 0 $a Germany (West) $x Foreign economic relations. 651 0 $a Germany (West) $x Economic policy. 651 0 $a Germany (West) $x Politics and government. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Gray, William Glenn. $t Trading power $d Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023 $z 9781108341196 $w (DLC) 2022022850 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20230706015158.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4E36413CD37711ED83DD52344BECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search