1st Edition
The French-German Dynamic in an Age of Conflict, 1925–1963 Enemies, Collaborators, Friends
Introduction: Enemies, Collaborators, Friends
Part 1: Demobilization of the Mind and Spirit, 1925–1933
Introduction to Part One: Demobilization of the Mind and Spirit, 1925–1933
1. Leaving the Self
2. In Search of Understanding
3. Practicing Rapprochement
Part 2: From Rapprochement to Collaboration, 1933–1944
Introduction to Part Two: From Rapprochement to Collaboration, 1933–1944
4. The Elasticity of Cooperation
5. Collaboration
Part 3: The Revival of Cooperation, 1945–1954
Introduction to Part Three: The Revival of Cooperation, 1945–1954
6. The Quest for Reconciliation
7. Reclaiming Cooperation
Conclusion: The Cultivation of Friendship, 1925–1963
Biography
Elana Passman is Professor of History at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana.
Excellent—thoughtful, engaging, and timely…Passman draws on extensive archival research in both France and Germany to offer a novel history of the Franco-German alliance... Eschewing the traditional focus on treaties, diplomats, and heads-of-state as the key actors shaping Franco-German relations, Passman introduces readers to a rich cast of intellectuals, artists, scholars, journalists, and industrialists, who from the 1920s through the 1960s formed a variety of associations and institutions that comprised a kind of Franco-German civil society committed to “cultivating friendship” across the Rhine.
Corey Campion, German Studies Review. Volume 49, Number 2, May 2026, pp. 379-382
