Staging West German Democracy examines how political “founding discourses” of the nascent Federal Republic (FRG) were reflected, reinforced, and actively manu

This book offers a view of West German social structure and political culture from a multidisciplinary perspective. Focusing on the remarkable changes that have

This is the first English language source reader that deals with post-war (West) Germany. The sources, which include official Allied and German documents, parli

In 1970, the Red Army Faction declared war on West Germany. The militants failed to bring down the state, but this book argues that the decade-long debate they