Reunification In West German Party Politics From Westbindung To Ostpolitik

Reunification in West German Party Politics from Westbindung to Ostpolitik combines new thinking in International Relations theory and Foreign Policy Analysis with historical research on West German party politics from the 1950s through the early 1970s and the struggle concerning the question of dealing with German reunification.

The result is a compelling, detailed narrative with a clear theoretical focus on the foreign policy decision-making of 'strategic states' in international politics. This book will prove to be an essential read for students and scholars of International Relations, diplomatic history, German politics and transatlantic relations.

Review: Drawing on extensive archival research and the most recent scholarship, and linking diplomacy to domestic politics, Joost Kleuters has developed a clear and incisive analysis of the Federal Republic of Germany's complicated but ultimately successful integration into the postwar international system that should be useful to both specialists and students.

Ronald J. Granieri, Historical Office, US Department of Defense. Exactly 40 years after the conclusion of the Eastern Treaties that implemented Ostpolitik, this book succeeds in showing the continuing relevance of the study of the German Question to both historical research and theory formation on international politics.

Kleuters' book is a valuable addition to the existing body of literature. Tilman Mayer, University of Bonn and Chairman of the German Studies Society (Gesellschaft fur Deutschlandforschung) in Berlin