Global Chancellor - Helmut Schmidt and the Reshaping of the International Order

Zusatztext a must read Informationen zum Autor Kristina Spohr is Associate Professor of International History at the London School of Economics. German-Finnish by birth, she studied at the University of East Anglia, Sciences Po Paris, and Cambridge University and also worked for a year in the NATO Secretary General's Private Office in Brussels. Her publications include Germany and the Baltic Question after the Cold War: The Development of a New Ostpolitik, 1989-2000 (2004); Building Sustainable and Effective Capabilities: A Systemic Comparison of Professional and Conscript Forces (editor, 2004); and At the Crossroads of Past and Present: 'Contemporary' History and the Historical Discipline (co-editor, 2011). Klappentext Helmut Schmidt led West Germany from 1974 to 1982 amid a world economic crisis and one of the frostiest phases of the Cold War. At home in both security and economics, Schmidt became the supreme 'strategist of balance' and earned the nickname of 'world economist'. It was during his chancellorship that West Germany came of age on the global stage. Zusammenfassung Helmut Schmidt led West Germany from 1974 to 1982 amid a world economic crisis and one of the frostiest phases of the Cold War. At home in both security and economics, Schmidt became the supreme 'strategist of balance' and earned the nickname of 'world economist'. It was during his chancellorship that West Germany came of age on the global stage. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Abbreviations Acknowledgments Introduction 1: The World Economist 2: The Strategist of Balance 3: Defusing the Neutron Bomb 4: Constructing the Dual Track 5: The Double Interpreter Conclusion Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Kristina Spohr, Kristina (Associate Professor in Internatio Spohr, Kristina (Associate Professor in International History Spohr, Spohr Kristina
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.03.2016
• EAN: 9780198747796
• ISBN: 978-0-19-874779-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, Germany, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Political leaders & leadership, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1970 to c 1980, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, Political leaders and leadership, The Cold War, Cold wars and proxy conflicts, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General