Containing Germany: Britain and the Arming of the Federal Republic

by Spencer Mawby

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312219148
• ISBN13: 9780312219147
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.8"