Money and Security: Troops, Monetary Policy, and West Germany's Relations with the United States and Britain, 1950-1971

Introduction 1. On whose shoulders? German rearmament and the Cold War burden 2. The British 'new look' and Anglo-German relations 3. Adenauer and 'perfidious Albion': troop reductions, support costs, and the integration of Europe, 1957-9 4. The Radford plan: America and its troops in Germany, 1955-8 5. The political economy of US troop stationing in Europe 6. Offset and monetary policy during the Kennedy administration, 1961-2 7. The bargain slowly unravels: offset, troop reductions, and the balance of payments, 1962-5 8. The culmination of the burden-sharing conflict: Chancellor Ehrard's visit to Washington in September 1966 9. The trilateral negotiations of 1966-7 Conclusion.