Trading Power: West Germany's Rise to Global Influence, 1963-1975

by William Glenn Gray

Book Overview

Trading Power traces the successes and failures of a generation of German political leaders as the Bonn Republic emerged as a substantial force in European, Atlantic, and world affairs. Over the course of the 1960s and 1970s, West Germans relinquished many trappings of hard power, most notably nuclear weapons, and learned to leverage their economic power instead. Obsessed with stability and growth, Bonn governments battled inflation in ways that enhanced...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108440754
• ISBN13: 9781108440752
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"