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Containing Germany

Britain and the Arming of the Federal Republic

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  • © 1999

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Authors:
  1. Spencer Mawby

    1. Department of International History, London School of Economics, UK

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Part of the book series: Contemporary History in Context (CHIC)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Spencer Mawby
    Pages 1-19

  3. The Gendarmerie Schemes

    • Spencer Mawby
    Pages 20-40

  4. The Labour Backlash

    • Spencer Mawby
    Pages 41-72

  5. The EDC Option

    • Spencer Mawby
    Pages 73-103

  6. Rearmament Reconsidered

    • Spencer Mawby
    Pages 104-135

  7. Revisiting Rapallo?

    • Spencer Mawby
    Pages 136-159

  8. The Unresolved German Problem

    • Spencer Mawby
    Pages 160-182

  9. Epilogue: Britain and the Federal Republic of Germany 1956–90

    • Spencer Mawby
    Pages 183-197

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 198-244
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About this book

This book presents a radical reappraisal of British policy towards West German rearmament until the Federal Republic's incorporation into NATO and contains a series of major new theses on British attitudes towards European integration, Anglo-Soviet relations and the 'Special Relationship'. It places policy in the context of Anglo-German distrust, American demands for a German contribution and British fears of antagonising the Soviets. It clarifies numerous controversial issues by demonstrating British willingness to compromise with the Soviets over German unification, the British military's desire to reduce the continental commitment and Eden's enthusiasm for a European Army.

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'This is an outstanding book dealing with one of the key issues in postwar Anglo-German relations and the first work of its kind to give due prominence to British concerns about a revival of German militarism after 1945. It contains numerous new insights into the foreign policies of the postwar Attlee and Churchill governments and provides an invaluable contribution to the study of this important period in British diplomacy. The detailed account of the workings of British policy in the Cold War era combined with the pertinent analysis of twentieth-century British attitudes to Germany make this book essential reading for students of British foreign policy and the Cold War.' - Jeremy Black, University of Exeter

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of International History, London School of Economics, UK

    Spencer Mawby

About the author

SPENCER MAWBY teaches International History at the London School of Economics, where he has taught since 1995 and took his doctorate. He has studied at the University of Durham, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth and the London School of Economics

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