Opposing Ostpolitik: Franz Josef Strauss' Grand Design for Europe
Lukas Paul Schmelter re-examines the debate over West German Ostpolitik, focusing on Franz Josef Strauss and his approach to foreign policy in the 1960s and early 1970s. He argues that Strauss' opposition to Brandt's eastern policy was incited by an alternative strategic concept, centred on European federal union, political integration, and a Europeanised response to detente and the German question.
GenresHistoryEuropeGermany
340 pages
English edition · First published 2026 by Berghahn Books · ISBN 9781807580636
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