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Democracy imposed

Richard L. Merritt

1995452 pagesabout 7–10 hours
1995
first published
  • 1995Yale University Press · 452 pages · ENGISBN 9780300060379

How successful was the United States in attempting to impose a democratic system on Germany after the Second World War? Did U.S. occupation policy actually change German society and attitudes? In this book Richard L. Merritt addresses these questions from a novel perspective. Instead of studying what German political leaders and intellectuals thought about the U.S. occupation, Merritt explores for the first time the response of the ordinary German people, analyzing data from public opinion surveys conducted largely by the American Military Government beginning in 1945.

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