The German Question and the International Order, 1943-48 (Global Conflict and Security Since 1945)

This book provides an analysis of the German Question's influence on the origins of the Cold War, arguing that the legal and diplomatic intercourse between the Allies regarding the treatment of the German Question brought forward the elements of intervention and coexistence which formed the basis for a relatively peaceful postwar international order. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 Acknowledgements......Page 10 Abbreviations and Acronyms......Page 12 Introduction......Page 14 The debate on the origins of the Cold War......Page 15 The debate on the German Question......Page 19 The English School and the German Question......Page 21 The nature of the practical association framework......Page 27 The spectrum of military cooperation......Page 31 Financial cooperation......Page 39 Legal and diplomatic cooperation......Page 41 The dismemberment of Germany......Page 42 The issue of reparations......Page 50 The post-war occupation of Germany......Page 55 Conclusion......Page 57 The structural elements of conflict......Page 60 American interests in Western Europe and the rehabilitation of Germany......Page 62 The Marshall Plan and the formation of the Western bloc......Page 69 ‘Containment’ and the enforcement of American structural interests......Page 76 Soviet post-war designs......Page 81 Soviet security interests in Eastern Germany and Europe......Page 85 Conclusion......Page 91 The social construction of conflict......Page 95 The Sovietisation of the Eastern zone and the formation of Bizonia......Page 96 The issue of economic principles and the breakdown of four-power control in Germany......Page 100 The Moscow and London CFMs......Page 104 Conclusion......Page 112 The concept of ‘revolutionism’ in the treatment of the German Question......Page 117 The denazification of Germany......Page 121 The work of the Allied Control Council......Page 124 The work on denazification at zonal level......Page 126 The work of the International Military Tribunals (IMT)......Page 137 Conclusion......Page 143 The English School’s concept of ‘primary institutions’ and the German Question......Page 146 Intervention as a primary institution of the post-war international order......Page 148 Coexistence as a primary institution of the post-war international order......Page 160 Conclusion......Page 163 The English School’s concept of ‘international society’ and the German Question......Page 166 The political emasculation of Germany......Page 167 The German Question and the ideological divide of the post-war international society......Page 169 The institutionalisation of the post-war international society......Page 174 The German Question and the expansion of international society......Page 177 Conclusion......Page 179 The three traditions model......Page 182 The pluralism–solidarism debate......Page 192 Notes......Page 196 Select Bibliography......Page 237 Index......Page 257 Examines the origins of the Cold War, focusing on topics such as the normative framework established during WWII which served to contain the emergence of a new systemic conflict, and the transformation of the international political system driven by superpower discussion of the German Question