02869cam a2200445 i 4500 rnd000000000047825 RAND 920212s1991 caua b 000 0 eng d 91018362 0833011561 RAND/R-4069-AF (Sirsi) a189051 $25.00 CstmoR CstmoR n-us--- e-gx--- E183.8G3 .A86 1991 Asmus, Ronald D. author. German perceptions of the United States at unification / Ronald D. Asmus. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 1991. xv, 54 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia unmediated n rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier volume nc rdacarrier "Project Air Force"--Cover. Includes questionnaire. Includes bibliographical references. This report analyzes data on East and West German attitudes toward the United States, NATO, and the American troop presence from a survey taken at the time of German unification. The data collected suggest that (1) East Germans have an ambivalent and frequently negative image of American society; (2) East Germans recognize the positive U.S. role in the political and economic reconstruction of the Federal Republic, but they do not necessarily support a future U.S. military presence in Germany or for NATO; (3) East German skepticism and ambivalence toward the United States also arise from the fundamentally different relationship of the United States with this part of Germany. These findings have certain implications for U.S. policy: (1) U.S. policymakers should not assume that the early postwar experience with West Germany will automatically be recreated in East Germany; (2) U.S. policymakers must act jointly with the German government to address this potential problem--the United States can and should rely on West Germany to bring East Germans into the Western community; and (3) the United States must construct a relationship with the eastern part of Germany at a time when American influence will be less than it was in the 1950s and 1960s and may be declining further. Available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. Description based on print version record. Political culture Germany. Public opinion Germany. Germany Foreign relations United States. United States Foreign public opinion, German. United States Foreign relations Germany. Project Air Force (U.S.). National Security Strategies Program. Rand Corporation. United States. Air Force. Online Access http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R4069/ 598238 598238