A History of Franco-German Relations in Europe From "Hereditary Enemies" to Partners C. Germond; H. Türk ISBN: 9780230616639 DOI: 10.1057/9780230616639 Palgrave Macmillan Please respect intellectual property rights This material is copyright and its use is restricted by our standard site license terms and conditions (see palgraveconnect.com/pc/info/terms_conditions.html). If you plan to copy, distribute or share in any format, including, for the avoidance of doubt, posting on websites, you need the express prior permission of Palgrave Macmillan. To request permission please contact [email protected]. pal-germond-00fm 9/17/08 12:47 PM Page i A History of Franco-German Relations in Europe 10.1057/9780230616639 - A History of Franco-German Relations in Europe, Edited by Carine Germond and Henning Türk This page intentionally left blank 10.1057/9780230616639 - A History of Franco-German Relations in Europe, Edited by Carine Germond and Henning Türk pal-germond-00fm 9/17/08 12:47 PM Page iii A History of Franco-German Relations in Europe From “Hereditary Enemies” to Partners by Carine Germond and Henning Türk 10.1057/9780230616639 - A History of Franco-German Relations in Europe, Edited by Carine Germond and Henning Türk pal-germond-00fm 9/17/08 12:47 PM Page iv a history of franco-german relations in europe Copyright © Carine Germond and Henning Türk, 2008. All rights reserved. First published in 2008 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN-13: 978-0-230-60452-0 ISBN-10: 0-230-60452-8 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A history of Franco-German relations in Europe : from “hereditary enemies” to partners / edited by Carine Germond and Henning Türk. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-230-60452-8 1. France—Foreign relations—Germany. 2. Germany—Foreign relations—France. I. Germond, Carine. II. Türk, Henning. DC59.8.G3H57 2008 327.44043—dc22 2008017280 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Scribe Inc. First edition: December 2008 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America. 10.1057/9780230616639 - A History of Franco-German Relations in Europe, Edited by Carine Germond and Henning Türk pal-germond-00fm 9/17/08 12:47 PM Page v For centuries, the history of France and Germany has been a continual effort of the two nations to get closer, to understand, to unite, to merge: Indifference was never possible for them; they had to hate or love one another, fraternize or go to war. France’s and Germany’s destiny will never be established nor assured individually. —Ludwig Börne, Menzel: Der Franzosenfresser 10.1057/9780230616639 - A History of Franco-German Relations in Europe, Edited by Carine Germond and Henning Türk This page intentionally left blank 10.1057/9780230616639 - A History of Franco-German Relations in Europe, Edited by Carine Germond and Henning Türk pal-germond-00fm 9/17/08 12:47 PM Page vii Contents Preface xi Introduction: Old Foes and New Friends: Historical Perspectives on Franco-German Relations since Napoleon 1 Carine Germond and Henning Türk Part I Franco-German Relations from Napoleon to World War I 1 Attraction and Repulsion: Franco-German Relations in the “Long Nineteenth Century” 13 Reiner Marcowitz 2 War, Occupation, and Entanglements: German Perspectives on the Napoleonic Era 27 Bernhard Struck 3 France and German Dualism, 1756–1871 39 Jörg Ulbert 4 Between Coercion and Conciliation: Franco-German Relations in the Bismarck Era, 1871–90 49 Nathan N. Orgill 5 Traditions of Hate among the Intellectual Elite: The Case of Treitschke and Bainville 61 Hugo Frey and Stefan Jordan Part II Franco-German Relations in Interwar Europe 6 Franco-German Relations, 1918–45 75 Sylvain Schirmann 10.1057/9780230616639 - A History of Franco-German Relations in Europe, Edited by Carine Germond and Henning Türk pal-germond-00fm 9/17/08 12:47 PM Page viii viii • Contents 7 Franco-German Relations and the Coal Problem in the Aftermath of the First and Second World Wars: From Bilateral Conflict to European Energy Cooperation 89 Laura Fasanaro 8 Civic Activism and the Pursuit of Cooperation in the Locarno Era 101 Elana Passman 9 Two “Naughty Siblings”: France and Germany in the Public Discussion of the Interwar Period 113 Verena Schöberl 10 Attempts at a Franco-German Economic Rapprochement during the Second Half of the 1930s 125 Frédéric Clavert 11 France and the German Economy 1945–48: An Imperialist Policy? 137 Martial Libera Part III Postwar Franco-German Relations 12 On the Path to a “Hereditary Friendship”?: Franco-German Relations since the End of the Second World War 151 Ulrich Lappenküper 13 A New Framework for Franco-German Relations through European Institutions, 1950 to 1954 165 Victor Gavin Munte 14 The Relance Européenneand the Nuclear Dimensionof Franco-German Rapprochement 177 Mathieu L. L. Segers 15 More than a Geriatric Romance: Adenauer, de Gaulle, and the Atlantic Alliance 189 Ronald J. Granieri 16 The Soviet Factor in Franco-German Relations, 1958–69 199 Garret Martin 17 What Role for Europe in the International Arena of the Early 1970s?: How France and Germany Were Able to Matter 211 Katrin Rücker 10.1057/9780230616639 - A History of Franco-German Relations in Europe, Edited by Carine Germond and Henning Türk