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A History of Franco-German Relations in Europe

From “Hereditary Enemies” to Partners

Palgrave Macmillan

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Introduction Old Foes and New Friends

    1. Introduction Old Foes and New Friends

      • Carine Germond, Henning Türk
      Pages 1-10
  3. Franco-German Relations from Napoleon to World War I

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
    2. Attraction and Repulsion

      • Reiner Marcowitz
      Pages 13-26
    3. War, Occupation, and Entanglements

      • Bernhard Struck
      Pages 27-38
    4. France and German Dualism, 1756–1871

      • Jörg Ulbert
      Pages 39-48
    5. Between Coercion and Conciliation

      • Nathan N. Orgill
      Pages 49-59
    6. Traditions of Hate among the Intellectual Elite

      • Hugo Frey, Stefan Jordan
      Pages 61-72
  4. Franco-German Relations in Interwar Europe

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
    2. Franco-German Relations, 1918–451

      • Sylvain Schirmann
      Pages 75-88
    3. Two “Naughty Siblings”

      • Verena Schöberl
      Pages 113-123
    4. France and the German Economy 1945–48

      • Martial Libera
      Pages 137-147
  5. Postwar Franco-German Relations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149
    2. On the Path to a “Hereditary Friendship”

      • Ulrich Lappenküper
      Pages 151-164
    3. More than a Geriatric Romance

      • Ronald J. Granieri
      Pages 189-198

About this book

This book surveys Franco-German relations from the French Revolution to the 1990s, collecting the most current research from area specialists.

About the authors

CARINE GERMOND is the Clifford Hackett Lecturer in the History of European Integration at Yale, USA.

HENNING TÜRK teaches history at the University Duisburg-Essen, Germany.

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