Modernizing Bavaria: The Politics of Franz Josef Strauss and the Csu, 1949-1969

by Mark S. Milosch

In 1949 Bavaria was not only the largest and best known but also the poorest, most agricultural, and most industrially backward region of Germany. It was further its most politically conservative region. The largest political party in Bavaria was the Christian Social Union (CSU), an extremely conservative, even reactionary, regional party. In the ensuing twenty years, the leaders of the CSU's small liberal wing (in particular Franz Josef Strauss,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845451236
• ISBN13: 9781845451233
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"