
Reluctant Realists
The CDU/DSU and West German Ostpolitik
Clay Clemens(Author)
Duke University Press
Will be published approx. on 27. July 1989
Book
Hardback
382 pages
978-0-8223-0900-0 (ISBN)
Description
This is a study of the evolution of the West German Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) approach to relations with the Soviet bloc (and particularly East Germany), from fierce antagonism to any accommodation with Communist regimes in 1969 to the growing acceptance of the necessity for rapprochement in the 1980s. Clay Clemens, basing his analyses on interviews with leading political figures as well as on party documents, examines the party's changing ostpolitik position during the period in which it was in opposition (1969-82) and assesses the factors-international, domestic, and interparty-that brought about a change in that policy. A concluding section deals with events since 1982.
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Language
English
Place of publication
North Carolina
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Weight
907 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8223-0900-0 (9780822309000)
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Person
Clay Clemens