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Germany and the USA 1871¿2021
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¿This rich collection of scholarly essays on GermanAmerican relations offers the
first-ever assessment of this crucial transatlantic partnership over the long term,
since the founding of the German nation in 1871, through the turbulent 20th century,
and into the Biden Administration. Preeminent historian, Dr. Detlef Junker, draws on
decades of deep study to bring us, in lively and lucid prose, his analysis of the
changing political relationship that shaped both countries as well as the world.
With his signature wit and insight, and delivered in the style of an accomplished
journalist, Junker has created a must-read for anyone who wishes to understand the
changing relationship of Germany and the United States.¿ Kirsten Fischer, Professor
of History, University of Minnesota ¿One of Germany¿s most eminent contemporary
historians has provided us with an enlightening and stimulating account of
German¿American relations in the 20th and 21st centuries. Selecting from his
manifold writings during a long and distinguished career, Detlef Junker gives us an
eye-opening account of the many challenges with which German¿American relations
continue to be confronted in our world of turmoil and instability. Junker¿s highly
informative book should be essential reading for anyone interested in both the past
and the future of Americäs relations with Germany¿still Europe¿s most important
political and economic power.¿ Klaus Larres, Distinguished Professor of History and
International Affairs, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ¿Here is an
authoritative overview of the mostly friendly, at times dramatic relations between
the United States and Germany that have shaped much of transatlantic history since
1871. Detlef Junker succeeds in balancing his critical insights into Americäs
ascent as a world power and its recent challenges with those of Germany¿s rise,
fall, and rise as a European power. Thoroughly researched and well written, the
volume has much to offer to both scholars and students.¿ Frank Trommler, Professor
of German em., University of Pennsylvania Germany and the USA 1871¿2021 is the first
comprehensive look at 150 years of German-American relations. It traces this
dramatic story in all its complexity from the founding of the German nation state in
1871 to World War I, the Weimar Republic, Hitler and Nazi Germany, the Cold War and
its demise, and the revolution of 9/11. The book also scrutinizes the presidencies
of George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump on one side of the Atlantic, as
well as the tenure of the German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the other side. This
book comprises earlier publications of the author and closes with a new chapter on
¿Obama, Trump, der Niedergang einer imperialen Demokratie und die
amerikanisch-deutschen Beziehungen 2009¿2021 ¿ Ein Essay.¿ (¿Obama, Trump, the
decline of an imperial democracy and American-German relations 2009¿2021.¿)
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