Kennedy in Berlin

Kennedy in Berlin

by Andreas W. Daum
ISBN-10:
0521858240
ISBN-13:
9780521858243
Pub. Date:
12/17/2007
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Kennedy in Berlin

Kennedy in Berlin

by Andreas W. Daum

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Overview

For the first time, a book tells the story of John F. Kennedy's spectacular visit to Berlin in 1963. It solves the riddle of why Kennedy uttered “Ich bin ein Berliner” and explains why the Germans venerated the American President more than anyone else after Adolf Hitler. Andreas W. Daum digs deep into the history of the Cold War era and traces the changes in German-American relations. He argues that we cannot understand diplomacy and international relations without taking into account emotions, mass approval, and symbolic actions.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780521858243
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 12/17/2007
Series: Publications of the German Historical Institute
Pages: 406
Product dimensions: 6.22(w) x 9.17(h) x 0.83(d)

About the Author

Andreas W. Daum is a Professor of Modern History at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He has taught at the University of Munich, where he earned his doctorate, and has been a Research Fellow at the German Historical Institute, Washington, DC, and a John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow at Harvard University. He is the author of Wissenschaftspopularisierung im 19. Jahrhundert and the coeditor of America, the Vietnam War, and the World, with Lloyd C. Gardner and Wilfried Mausbach, and, with Christof Mauch, of Berlin – Washington: Capital Cities, Cultural Representations, and National Identities, both published by Cambridge University Press.

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. The emerging plot; 2. The script and the staging; 3. Dramatic climax; 4. After the final curtain; 5. The show goes on; 6. 'A comet of promise passing through our country'; Appendix: Ich bin ein Berliner: John F. Kennedy's speech at Schoneberg City Hall, June 26, 1963; Bibliography.
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