Essays about: "German-American Relations"

Found 1 essay containing the words German-American Relations.

  1. 1. The Role of Personal Relationships in German-American Relations

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Leonie Beck; [2014]
    Keywords : Political Psychology; Personal Diplomacy; Transatlantic Relations; German-American Relations;

    Abstract : For centuries, statesmen have engaged in personal encounters and correspondences with their political counterparts abroad and thereby exercised what can be called ‘personal diplomacy’ with the aim of influencing the other’s foreign policy. By tracing the use of this strategy in the history of the transatlantic relations between Germany and the United States of America from WWII to the present day, this research aims to analyze the applicability of the concept in this particular bilateral relationship and highlight the successes and failures of different statesmen’s attempts at exerting several types of power. READ MORE