Mitteleuropa and German Politics 1848 to the Present [Hardcover]

The revival of the region of east-central Europe known as 'Mitteleuropa' began in Hungary and Czechoslovakia. For Germany, 'Mitteleuropa' became a renewed geopolitical concept. Since 1990 Mitteleuropa has increasingly become a region of German economic engagement. However, German elites failed however to develop a coherent political approach to that region while simultaneously conducting an eclectic Mitteleuropa policy outside a broader framework of foreign policy. This book traces Germany's Mitteleuropa politics and puts them into an historical context and into a framework for future foreign policy.Acknowledgements - Introduction - The Intellectual and Political Precursers of 'Mitteleuropa' Before the Second German Empire - The Europeanization of 'Mitteleuropa' - The Imperial 'Mitteleuropa' (1914-45) - 'Mitteleuropa' in the Adenauer Era (1944-63) - The 'Mitteleuropa' Debate in the Mid-1980s - Epilogue - Bibliography - Annex: 'Mitteleuropa' in Maps 1915-54 - IndexJORG BRECHTEFELD