The Global Chancellor : Helmut Schmidt and the Reshaping of the International Order PDF
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OUP CORRECTED PROOF – FINAL, 12/02/16, SPi The Global ChanCellor OUP CORRECTED PROOF – FINAL, 12/02/16, SPi OUP CORRECTED PROOF – FINAL, 12/02/16, SPi The Global Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and the Reshaping of the International Order KrisTina spohr 1 OUP CORRECTED PROOF – FINAL, 12/02/16, SPi 3 Great Clarendon street, oxford, ox2 6dp, United Kingdom oxford University press is a department of the University of oxford. it furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. oxford is a registered trade mark of oxford University press in the UK and in certain other countries © Kristina spohr 2016 The moral rights of the author have been asserted First edition published in 2016 impression: 1 all rights reserved. no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of oxford University press, or as expressly permitted by law, by licence or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organization. enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the rights department, oxford University press, at the address above You must not circulate this work in any other form and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer published in the United states of america by oxford University press 198 Madison avenue, new York, nY 10016, United states of america british library Cataloguing in publication data data available library of Congress Control number: 2015956793 isbn 978–0–19–874779–6 printed in Great britain by Clays ltd, st ives plc links to third party websites are provided by oxford in good faith and for information only. oxford disclaims any responsibility for the materials contained in any third party website referenced in this work. OUP CORRECTED PROOF – FINAL, 12/02/16, SPi Vaarille For Zara and George steiner OUP CORRECTED PROOF – FINAL, 12/02/16, SPi OUP CORRECTED PROOF – FINAL, 12/02/16, SPi he is convinced most of the time that he’s the only real leader in the western world. he is also probably right. The problem is he’s German. one of schmidt’s party colleagues in hamburg 21 september 1980 perfektionistisch, launisch, stets auf der suche, fordernd, inspirierend, immer zuverlässig. henry Kissinger 23 november 2015 OUP CORRECTED PROOF – FINAL, 12/02/16, SPi OUP CORRECTED PROOF – FINAL, 12/02/16, SPi Contents List of Illustrations xi List of Abbreviations xiii Acknowledgements xv introduction 1 1 The World economist 10 2 The strategist of balance 33 3 defusing the neutron bomb 60 4 Constructing the dual Track 85 5 The double interpreter 109 Conclusion 132 Notes 143 Bibliography 185 Index 207
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