Peace at All Costs

Catholic Intellectuals, Journalists, and Media in Postwar Polish–German Reconciliation

Annika Elisabet Frieberg (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

254 Seiten

2024
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-80539-312-2 (ISBN)

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Although it was characterized by simmering international tensions, the early Cold War also witnessed dramatic instances of reconciliation between states, as former antagonists rebuilt political, economic, and cultural ties in the wake of the Second World War. And such efforts were not confined to official diplomacy, as this study of postwar rapprochement between Poland and West Germany demonstrates. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Peace at All Costs follows Polish and German non-state activists who attempted to establish dialogue in the 1950s and 1960s, showing how they achieved modest successes and media attention at the cost of more nuanced approaches to their national histories and identities.

Annika Elisabet Frieberg is Associate Professor of History at San Diego State University. Her research and teaching focus on war and genocide, gender, conflict resolution, media, and national and transnational questions in northern and Central Europe. She is the co-editor of the volume Reconciling with the Past: Resources and Obstacles in a Global Perspective (Routledge, 2017).

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1. Unexpected Meetings and New Beginnings. Inspirations, Transformations, and Opportunities, 1939–1958

Chapter 2. Victims, Heroes, and Dark Reflections: Polish Travelers, West German Journalists, and the New Relations, 1958–1964

Chapter 3. Radio Relations: Klaus von Bismarck, Poland, and the Audiovisual Media Institutes

Chapter 4. Televising the Territorial Conflict: Documentary Portrayals of Polish-German Relations

Chapter 5. Of Forgiving and Forgetting: The Religious Memoranda and the Media, 1961–1968

Chapter 6. Brandt-ing Reconciliation: Politics, Media, and New Relations, 1968–1972

Chapter 7. Remembering and Rewriting Reconciliation: The 1990s

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	06.03.2024
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Contemporary European History
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
ISBN-10	1-80539-312-X / 180539312X
ISBN-13	978-1-80539-312-2 / 9781805393122
Zustand	Neuware