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010 _a 91018362
020 _a0833011561
027 _aRAND/R-4069-AF
035 _a(Sirsi) a189051
037 _c$25.00
040 _aCstmoR
_cCstmoR
043 _an-us---
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050 4 _aE183.8G3
_b.A86 1991
100 1 _aAsmus, Ronald D.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aGerman perceptions of the United States at unification /
_cRonald D. Asmus.
264 1 _aSanta Monica, CA :
_bRAND,
_c1991.
300 _axv, 54 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c23 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _a"Project Air Force"--Cover.
500 _aIncludes questionnaire.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 _aThis 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.
530 _aAvailable on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aPolitical culture
_zGermany.
650 0 _aPublic opinion
_zGermany.
651 0 _aGermany
_xForeign relations
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xForeign public opinion, German.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xForeign relations
_zGermany.
710 2 _aProject Air Force (U.S.).
_bNational Security Strategies Program.
710 2 _aRand Corporation.
710 1 _aUnited States.
_bAir Force.
856 4 1 _yOnline Access
_uhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R4069/
999 _c598238
_d598238