Transatlantic democracy in the twentieth century : transfer and transformation Transatlantic Democracy in the Twentieth Century refers to much more than a US mission in Europe after the two world wars or the re education of the German populace at the end of the country’s Sonderweg. Following the Cold War and the apparent absolute victory of the Western model the debate over democracy has been reinvigorated by the challenges of post democracy and populism thus reshaping our understanding of transatlantic history. Transatlantic democracy in the 20th century this concept goes beyond the idea of an American civilizing mission in Europe after two World Wars and certainly beyond the notion of re educating Germans and making them fit for Western institutions after Nazism. As democracy is being contested anew in the beginning of the 21st century a much more complicated landscape of democracy since 1900 emerges. Transfer was not a one way street and patterns of conflict and transformation affected both American and European political societies. American democracy may not be reduced to a resilient defense of original traditions while the narrative of German democracy is more than redemption from catastrophe. The essays in this volume contribute to a new history of transatlantic democracy that accounts for its manifold experiences and constant renegotiations up to the current challenges of American and European populism.