A Question of Priorities: Democratic Reform and Economic Recovery in Postwar Germany

Rebecca L. Boehling/ Rebecca Boehling

ISBN 10: 1571811591 / ISBN 13: 9781571811592

Published by Berghahn Books, 1998

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304 pages. 8.75x5.75x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Question of Priorities: Democratic Reform and Economic Recovery in Postwar Germany
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1571811591
• ISBN 13: 9781571811592
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.37 kilograms

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Synopsis

Over the last few years, there has been a noticeable increase in studies on the postwar period of Germany, reflecting the crucial importance of these years for an understanding of the developments in the two Germanys. With her study of U.S. occupation policy and its effects on German social and political developments in Frankfurt, Munich, and Stuttgart, Rebecca Boehling offers a most valuable contribution to this debate. She examines the decisions made by the U.S. Military Government regarding German municipal personnel from the first year of the occupation, when all city officials were appointed directly by Military Government of with its explicit approval, through the first postwar municipal elections in 1946 and 1948, when democratic self-government was gradually restored. Boehling explores the far-reaching effects of personnel decisions on German political life within the framework of U.S. policies intended to denazify and democratize Germany. The conclusion she draws is that the early local-level German developments under U.S. occupation facilitated economic recovery in a manner that restricted the implementation of political and social goals of democratization.

About the Author

Rebecca Boehling teaches in the Department of History at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.