Willy Brandt

ISBN: 9781784536886 出版年：2016 页码：266 Helene Miard-Delacroix Bloomsbury Publishing

He was at the forefront of some of Germany's most definitive and controversial decisions, in hfirst Social Democrat Chancellor of West Germany between 1969 and 1974. he paved the way for the eventual reunification of the country, as well as strengthening European integration in western Europe. In 1971, he received the Nobel Peace Prize for 'Ostpolitik', his policy of reconciliation with Germany's neighbours in the Eastern Bloc. During the treaty negotiations in Warsaw, he famousknees in recognition of the atrocities committed by his countrymen in the Warsaw Ghetto. This definitive new biography illuminates Brandt's personal life and political career, providing new perspectives on one of the leading statesmen of the twentieth century.