De Gasperi, Nenni, Sforza and their Role in Post-War Italian Foreign Policy

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. I-IV I
2. Contents V
3. Introduction of the Editors 1
4. I. The Decision-Makers in Foreign Affairs
5. Britain and the World, 1945-1949: the View from the Foreign Office 9
6. Britain and Europe in 1948: the View from the Cabinet 27
7. The French Decision-Makers and their Perception of French Power in 1948 47
8. Italy: the End of a 'Great Power' and the Birth of a 'Democratic Power' 67
9. De Gasperi, Nenni, Sforza and their Role in Post-War Italian Foreign Policy 89
10. Senior West German Politicians and their Perception of the German Situation in Europe 1945-1949 117
11. II. The Political Parties
12. British Political Parties and the European Crisis of the late 1940s 137
13. French Power as seen by the Political Parties after World War II 163
14. The Genesis of Political Impotence. Italy's Mass Political Parties in the Years between the Great Alliance and the Cold War 185
15. The Italian Communist Party and the Italian Imperial Problem. A Forgotten 'Colonial' Position 209
16. The International Political Situation as seen by the German Linksparteien (SPD, SED and KPD) between 1945 and 1949 213
17. III. The Economic Area
18. Economic Aspects of British Perceptions of Power on the Eve of the Cold War 237
19. The French Dilemma: Modernization with Dependence or Independence and Decline 263
20. Betting on the Future. The Reconstruction of Italian Industry, 1946-1952 283
21. The Economic Reconstruction of West Germany in the Context of International Relations 1945-1949 303
22. IV. The Military Problems
23. British Military Perceptions of the Soviet Union as a Strategic Threat, 1945-1950 325
24. Reflections on the Notion of Military Power through the French Example (1945-1948) 339
25. West Germany's Strategic Position and her Role in Defence Policy as seen by the German Military, 1945-1949 353
26. V. Public Opinion and the Cultural Sector
27. Foreign Office Publicity, American Aid and European Unity. Mobilising Public Opinion, 1947-1949 373
28. Introduction to an Era of Doubt. Cultural Reflections of 'French Power', around the Year 1948 397
29. A Difficult Adaptation. The Italian Liberal-Democratic Press and the Reality of the International Situation (1945-1949) 409
30. Farewell to the Power State? The Perception of the Political Environment and the Idea of the State in Public Opinion in the Western Occupation Zones of Germany between 1946 and 1948 429
31. VI. Europe in the International Postwar Constellation
32. British Perceptions of Power. Europe between the Superpowers 447
33. France: from Powerlessness to the Search for Influence 461
34. France, the Empire and Power (1945—1949) 475
35. The Shaping of Italian Foreign Policy during the Formation of the East-West Blocs. Italy between the Superpowers 485
36. Italy at the Outbreak of the Cold War: Domestic and International Factors 503
37. German Conceptions of Europe during the Escalation of the East-West Conflict, 1945-1949 517
38. Conclusion
39. Europe between Power and Powerlessness 539
40. Abbreviations 557
41. The Authors 561
42. Other Publications 569
43. Index of Names 577
44. 584 584