{"product_id":"the-global-chancellor-helmut-schmidt-and-the-reshaping-of-the-international-order-9780198747796","title":"The Global Chancellor: Helmut Schmidt and the Reshaping of the International Order","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Kristina Spohr\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Europe - Germany\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHelmut Schmidt is the neglected chancellor of modern German history, overshadowed by 'the greats' - Bismarck, Adenauer, Brandt and Kohl. This volume retrieves Schmidt's true significance as a pivotal figure who helped reshape the global order during the crisis-ridden 1970s. This major reinterpretation, based on detailed research in Schmidt's private papers and numerous archives in Europe and America, reveals him as a leader equally skilled in economics and security, and adept at personal diplomacy, who dared to act as a 'double interpreter' between the superpowers during the nadir of the Cold War. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSchmidt was no mere 'crisis-manager': in fact he brought to the chancellorship a depth of reflection, evident in two decades of writings and speeches that justifies considering him an intellectual statesman on a par with Henry Kissinger. His achievements were prodigious. Hailed as the 'world economist', Schmidt helped create the G7 forum for global economic governance and the European Monetary System at a time when capitalism seemed on the rocks. And as the 'strategist of balance', he designed NATO's 'dual-track' response to the crisis caused by the massive Soviet arms buildup of Euro-missiles. This decision, Kristina Spohr argues, played a crucial part in holding together the Western alliance and paved the way to defusing the Cold War in Europe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSchmidt brought his country to the top table of world politics - what he unashamedly called \u003cem\u003eWeltpolitik\u003c\/em\u003e - as an equal of the wartime victor powers. It was through his Chancellorship that West Germany came of age on the global stage.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47890361352343,"sku":"9780198747796","price":8155.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780198747796.webp?v=1781179687","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-global-chancellor-helmut-schmidt-and-the-reshaping-of-the-international-order-9780198747796","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}