Germany and the United States in the Age of Terror: Ideas, Domestic Politics, and the International System of States

Abstract

What accounts for the rift between Washington and Berlin at present? No single cause emerges from an examination of this situation that hopes to go beyond the facile, reactive, if not jingoistic, analyses of the chattering classes in Berlin and Washington. Rather, the current strain is wrought of a convergence of forces, complicating manifestations of history, ideology, experience, and ambition that have always swirled around the German-American relationship, however inchoately. For a variety of reasons, these factors have coalesced to exacerbate tensions and produce a troubling reaction in the last several months since the American coalition against terror marched to war, first in Afghanistan and then in Iraq. This article examines these complicating factors and the circumstances that have made them so virulent of late.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA524519

Entities

People

  • Donald Abenheim

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cold War
  • Eastern Europe
  • Foreign Policy
  • Foreign Relations
  • Governments
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Nato
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Recreation
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Educational Psychology
  • International Relations and European Studies