Prussians, Nazis and Peaceniks

Jens Steffek is Professor of Transnational Governance at Technische Universität DarmstadtLeonie Holthaus is a Senior Research Fellow at Technische Universität Darmstadt

‘Prussians, Nazis and Peaceniks presents a remarkable intellectual achievement that should be read by anyone interested not only in Germany, but also historical sociology of international relations in general.’—Jakub Eberle, Charles University Prague‘An outstanding study of the ways in which German political and legal thought has helped shape the field of IR. This is a must-read.’—Oliver Jütersonke, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva‘Prussians, Nazis, Peaceniks engages with the remarkable shift in Germany’s global image by examining the sociopolitical significance of Germany for international politics and IR theory. It offers a refreshingly different way to engage with IR theory, putting theoretical claims into the context of their production and dissemination. Read this book: you’ll find you didn’t know the half of it.’—Maja Zehfuss, Professor of International Politics, University of Manchester'Challenging much received wisdom about the Anglo-Saxon dominance of Western IR theory, this volume collects an impressive and diverse set of in-depth studies about the interplay between radically shifting German roles and images in Europe and the world since the mid-nineteenth century.'—Gunther Hellmann, Professor of Political Science, Goethe-University, Frankfurt

• Preface – Roland Bleiker1 Introduction: changing images of Germany – Jens Steffek and Leonie Holthaus2 Power as a German problem: a historical survey – Andreas Osiander3The liberal internationalist self and the construction of an undemocratic German other at the beginning of the twentieth century – Leonie Holthaus4 From emulation to enmity: the changing view of Germany in Anglo-American Geopolitics – Lucian M. Ashworth5 Federalism versus sovereignty: the Weimar Republic in the eyes of American political science – Paul Petzschmann6 Germany’s fight against Versailles and the rise of American realism: Edwin Borchard between New Haven and Berlin – Jens Steffek and Tobias Heinze7 The tale of the ‘two Germanies’: twentieth-century Germany in the debates of Anglo-American international lawyers and transitional justice experts – Annette Weinke8 The silent presence: Germany in American postwar International Relations – Felix Rösch9 Deutschtum and Americanism: memory and identity in Cold War America – Brian C. Etheridge10 ‘Civilian Power’ seen from abroad: the external image of Germany’s foreign policy – Siegfried Schieder11 Conclusion: International Relations theory and Germany – Richard Ned LebowSelect Bibliography