Willy Brandts Amerikabild und -politik 1933–1992

Many of Willy Brandt''s contemporaries regarded him as a kind of Americanized politician who could win over both peers and counterparts with his "Kennedy smile." As a young socialist, Brandt had displayed a certain skepticism toward the United States; but in the "Frontier Town" of Berlin, his confidence in America''s protective power grew stronger. He felt a congenial affinity to John F. Kennedy, ...