{"product_id":"the-weimar-century-udi-greenberg-9780691173825","title":"The Weimar Century: German ﾉmigr駸 and the Ideological Foundations of the Cold War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow ideas, individuals, and political traditions from Weimar Germany molded the global postwar order\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Weimar Century\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the origins of two dramatic events: Germany's post-World War II transformation from a racist dictatorship to a liberal democracy, and the ideological genesis of the Cold War. Blending intellectual, political, and international histories, Udi Greenberg shows that the foundations of Germany's reconstruction lay in the country's first democratic experiment, the Weimar Republic (1918-33). He traces the paths of five crucial German 駑igr駸 who participated in Weimar's intense political debates, spent the Nazi era in the United States, and then rebuilt Europe after a devastating war. Examining the unexpected stories of these diverse individuals--Protestant political thinker Carl J. Friedrich, Socialist theorist Ernst Fraenkel, Catholic publicist Waldemar Gurian, liberal lawyer Karl Loewenstein, and international relations theorist Hans Morgenthau--Greenberg uncovers the intellectual and political forces that forged Germany's democracy after dictatorship, war, and occupation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn restructuring German thought and politics, these 駑igr駸 also shaped the currents of the early Cold War. Having borne witness to Weimar's political clashes and violent upheavals, they called on democratic regimes to permanently mobilize their citizens and resources in global struggle against their Communist enemies. In the process, they gained entry to the highest levels of American power, serving as top-level advisors to American occupation authorities in Germany and Korea, consultants for the State Department in Latin America, and leaders in universities and philanthropic foundations across Europe and the United States. Their ideas became integral to American global hegemony. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom interwar Germany to the dawn of the American century, \u003ci\u003eThe Weimar Century\u003c\/i\u003e sheds light on the crucial ideas, individuals, and politics that made the trans-Atlantic postwar order.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Udi Greenberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691173826\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691173825\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/13\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.65d","brand":"Udi Greenberg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44540334670079,"sku":"9780691173825","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_db2f436c-0fce-453b-92ac-c36d6b8c8788.jpg?v=1700587318","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-weimar-century-udi-greenberg-9780691173825","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}