Readership: Students and scholars of history, politics, and international relations.
""For years, Paul Hockenos has been a refreshingly independent and tough-minded observer of the politics of Eastern and Central Europe. Now he gives us a lucid, comprehensive account of the rise of Joschka Fischer and the whole panoply of red-green politics in Germany. Filling in many holes, at least for the English-speaking public, he shows how much German democracy owes to post-60s citizens' movements and the '68-ers' proverbial 'long march through the institutions.'"--Todd Gitlin, author of The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage"
""This is an ambitious and original book, deeply researched and lucidly written. It should be on the must-read list for anyone interested in late twentieth-century German history and in the history and legacy of the 1968 generation."--Mary Nolan, Professor of History, New York University"
""Modern Germany is very different from the uptight and defensive country--with much to be defensive about--that I first visited in the 1960s. The significant role in that transformation played by the 'sixty-eight generation'--and above all by the extraordinarily talented and ever personally evolving Joschka Fischer--is an intriguing story, which Paul Hockenos tells lucidly and well."--Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group and Foreign Minister of Australia 1988-96"
""Paul Hockenos knows Germany very well, and he is not afraid to tackle ambiguity and complexity. His scholarly and eminently readable biography of Joschka Fischer provides a serious alternative to more conventional accounts of major changes in Germany."--Norman Birnbaum, author of After Progress: American Social Reform and European Socialism in the Twentieth Century "
""A refreshingly clear, elegant portrait of the Europe most influenced by the US and most reflective of its ideals and follies. To understand Fischer and Germany's voyage over the last 60 years is to understand America's own. Those who wish to understand how others see the US today should read this book."--Marcia Pally, author of Critique Abandoned: The Ceding of Democracy"
Preface Introduction/Prologue Part I: Adenauer's Germany 1: Postwar 2: The Silent Fifties Part II: The Red Decade 3: Anti-Authoritarian Revolt 4: The Radical Left Part III: From Protest to Parliament 5: Between Harrisburg and Hiroshima 6: Autumn of the Euromissiles 7: Going Realo 8: One Two Many Germanys Part IV: The Berlin Republic 9: German Questions 10: The Price of Power 11: Continential Drift Conclusion
