From bombs to raisin: the American German relations pre and post the Berlin blockade 1948-1949
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2023
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University of Oum El Bouaghi
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This research aims at analyzing the reasons behind the United States decision to readjust its foreign policy toward Germany and notably unveiling the realities behind this reorientation. It seeks to investigate the non-aligned, inconsistent foreign policy of the United States and its ambivalent relations with Germany. In order to understand the underlying reasons for the United States reorientation of foreign policy toward Germany, this study aims to thoroughly examine the history of American-German relations. Germans made significant contributions to American society in numerous fields, but these contributions were faced by increasing animosity. During the two World Wars, American-German relations witnessed the worst scenario ever expected, but they later transformed into a democratic alliance motivated by the desire to protect American economic interests and curb the spread of communism after the Berlin Blockade. The research came to the conclusion that the U.S. Airlift of Berlin was not dedicated for humanitarian reasons, as the American official discourse claim. The study shows that it was a guise to prevent the spread of communism and to guarantee that Germany would be a future partner to the U.S. and not a serious threat for the American interests.
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US foreign policy; Berlin airlift; Reorientation; Berlin blockade