Description
Volker Berghahn offers a superb addition to the small roster of books that incorporate the cultural as well as the traditional political, economic, and military elements of analyzing international relations and that examine the reception of other nations to the outward thrust of U.S. government and society. His book is a magnificent integration of trans-Atlantic history on the levels of the individual, the private institution, the network, and government. A wide variety of readers will be interested in this book because it combines political history and cultural history with the emerging field of the history of philanthropy. -- Frank Costigliola, University of Connecticut
About the Author
Volker R. Berghahn is the Seth Low Professor of History at Columbia University. His recent publications include "Imperial Germany 1871-1914: Economy, Society and Politics, Germany" and the "Approach of War in 1914, Modern Germany: Society, Economy, and Politics in the Twentieth Century", and "The Americanization of West German Industry, 1945-1973".
Reviews
"This fascinating book is both a biography of the American diplomat Shepard Stone and an intricate account of U.S. cultural policies in Europe after World War II... By throwing light on this neglected but vital story, Berghahn has made a major contribution to the understanding of American hegemony in postwar Europe."--Foreign Affairs "A valuable piece of research about an extraordinary historical event and Mr. Berghahn has told it well."--Arnold Beichman, Washington Times "This is a thoughtful volume by someone equally at home in American and European intellectual history. It recounts the unique career of a man who felt comfortable among the best brains, enabled them to do valuable work, loved to argue, made enemies by putting people down--and made history."--Robert Goldman, The New Leader "An excellent new book... Berghahn combines biography and cultural history to provide a deft portrait of European-American relations in the modern era."--David M. Oshinsky, The New York Times Book Review "An important contribution to intellectual history."--Arnold Beichman, The Weekly Standard "Erudite and thoughtful."--Chioce "This study represents a substantial contribution to the small but growing body of work on the culture and ideas of the Cold War. Above all, it is a truly international study, showing that the traffic in ideas is a worthy subject for students of international relations."--International Affairs "Berghahn ... successfully identifies and illuminates the too-often neglected role of nongovernmental actors in the evolution of American Cold War diplomacy."--Walter L. Hixson, American Historical Review "This is a laudable effort that should provoke much discussion about this aspect of the Cold War. It will also provides an important guidepost for further investigations of the cultural and intellectual cold wars of this period and their lace within the Soviet-American conflict as a whole."--Gregory Moore, The Historian "A significant addition to the burgeoning literature on Americanization."--Brian C. Etheridge, German Studies Review
Book Information
ISBN 9780691102566
Author Volker R. Berghahn
Format Paperback
Page Count 400
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publisher Princeton University Press
Weight(grams) 539g