No exit
Subtitle: America and the German problem, 1943-1954
By: James McAllister.
Series: Cornell studies in security affairs
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Ithaca, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
Subjects: German reunification question (1949-1990); World War, 1939-1945 -- Influence; Balance of power -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Foreign relations -- Germany; Germany -- Foreign relations -- United States; United States -- Foreign relations -- Europe; Europe -- Foreign relations -- United States; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1953; Germany -- Politics and government -- 1945-1990
Description: "James McAllister outlines a new account of early Cold War history, one that focuses on the emergence of a bipolar structure of power, the continuing importance of the German question, and American efforts to create a united Western Europe.

Challenging the conventional wisdom among both international relations theorists and Cold War historians, McAllister argues that America's central objective from the Second World War to the mid-1950s was to create a European order that could be peaceful and stable without requiring that American ground forces remain on the continent."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-269) and index.
Table of contents: title: America, the German problem, and the bipolar revolution; title: Wartime diplomacy and postwar plans; title: One German problem or two?; title: Years of danger and opportunity: the restoration of a European balance of power; title: Temporary and permanent solutions: German rearmament and the European defense community; title: No exit: America and the future of Europe.