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STRESSMAN: OBJECT LESSON IN POST-WAR LEADERSHIP.

Authors :
Boas, George
Source :
Public Opinion Quarterly; Summer44, Vol. 8 Issue 2, p232-243, 12p
Publication Year :
1944

Abstract

The article focuses on efforts of a German legislator Gustav Stresemann to establish a peaceful alliance between Germany and France after the First Word War, as of June 1, 1944. Stresemann also won the Nobel Peace Prize for this initiative. The general estimate of Stresemann was that he was a sincere friend of peace, desirous of collaborating with his neighbors, the initiator of a new order. Nobel Prizeman seems to be denying French claim that the passive resistance was a government program inspired from Berlin, Germany. Modern apologists for Stresemann may say what they will, but not even they would maintain that the three verbs quoted constitute a program whose moral quality would be of the finest. The article analyzes Stresemann's diary, notes, letters and unconscious revelations, in an attempt to understand his psychology and ideas related to the initiative he took. According to the author, Stresemann was a safe, repentant sinner of the right, a good European and a safe bet for Allies.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0033362X
Volume :
8
Issue :
2
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Public Opinion Quarterly
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
11918738
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1086/265684