The Atlantik-Brücke and the American Council on Germany, 1952 1974

Examines post-war relations between Germany and the USA from a new perspective, analysing the activities of the Atlantik-Brücke and the ACG Sheds light on transatlantic elite networks and private organisations that influenced Germany's integration into the Atlantic Alliance during the Cold War Brings key players, such Eric M. Warburg and Countess Marion Dönhoff, to the forefront of post-war relations between the USA and Germany

Auteur

Anne Zetsche studied History and North American Studies at the Free University Berlin, Germany and University of Ulster, Northern Ireland. During that time she also worked as research assistant at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB) and as teaching assistant at the John F. Kennedy Institute at the Free University Berlin. She received her doctoral degree in History from Northumbria University in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Anne has taught undergraduate and graduate courses at John F. Kennedy Institute at the Free University Berlin. Currently, she works as a freelance author, researcher, consultant and civic education trainer.

Résumé
"Zetsche's work is the first academic monograph on these transatlantic organizations ... and will therefore be of great interest to scholars focusing on the Atlantic alliance in general and postwar relations between the U.S. and the Federal Republic in particular. Zetsche's pioneering study is all the more impressive, since neither organization has an archive holding its records ... ." (Jasper Trautsch, H-Soz-Kult, hsozkult.de, September 21, 2022)

Contenu

1. Introduction.- 2. Unlikely Friends: The Founders of an Unfolding Transatlantic Elite Network.- 3. The Good Germans and Their American Friends: The Atlantik-Brücke's and the ACG's Membership.- 4. Boosting the German Image: The Funders of a German-American Public Diplomacy Effort.- 5. Off the Record: The Informal Diplomacy of the ACG and the Atlantik-Brücke.- 6. Promoting a Transatlantic Identity: The German-American Conferences, 19591974A Public-Private Project.- 7. A German-American Elite Network in the Post- Cold War Era Outlook and Conclusion.