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The British Army of the Rhine: Turning Nazi Enemies into Cold War Partners

The British Army of the Rhine: Turning Nazi Enemies into Cold War Partners

The British Army of the Rhine: Turning Nazi Enemies into Cold War Partners

The British Army of the Rhine: Turning Nazi Enemies into Cold War Partners

by Peter Speiser

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Hardback. New. Between 1945 and 1957, West Germany made a dizzying pivot from Nazi bastion to Britain's Cold War ally against the Soviet Union. Successive London governments, though often faced with bitter public and military opposition, tasked the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) to serve as a protecting force while strengthening West German integration into the Western defense structure. Peter Speiser charts the BAOR's fraught transformation from occupier to ally by looking at the charged nexus where British troops and their families interacted with Germany's civilian population. Examining the relationship on many levels, Speiser ranges from how British mass media representations of Germany influenced BAOR troops to initiatives taken by the Army to improve relations. He also weighs German perceptions, surveying clashes between soldiers and civilians and comparing the popularity of the British services with that of the other occupying powers. As Speiser shows, the BAOR's presence did not improve the relationship between British servicemen and the German populace, but it did prevent further deterioration during a crucial and dangerous period of the early Cold War. An incisive look at an under-researched episode, The British Army of the Rhine sheds new light on Anglo-German diplomatic, political and social relations after 1945, and evaluates their impact on the wider context of European integration in the postwar era.

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Title
The British Army of the Rhine: Turning Nazi Enemies into Cold War Partners
Author
Peter Speiser
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Hardback
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New
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Hardcover
ISBN 10
0252040163
ISBN 13
9780252040160
Publisher
University Of Illinois Press
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Urbana, Illinois
This edition first published
2016

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