Presents Germany as a case study of the impact of American culture throughout a period characterized by a totalitarian system, two unusually destructive wars, massive ethnic cleansing, and economic disaster.

Acknowledgements Introduction Alexander Stephan PART I: THE POLITICS OF CULTURE Chapter 1. Anti-Americanism and Americanization Russell Berman Chapter 2. Counter-Americanism and Critical Currents in West German Reconstruction 1945-1960: The German Lesson Confronts the American Way of Life Michael Ermarth Chapter 3. Saigon, Nuremberg, and the West: German Images of America in the Late 1960s Bernd Greiner PART II: POPULAR CULTURE Chapter 4. Resisting Boogie-Woogie Culture, Abstract Expressionism, and Pop Art: German Highbrow Objections to the Import of "American" Forms of Culture, 1945-1965 Jost Hermand Chapter 5. From Nightmare to Model? Why German Broadcasting Became Americanized Kaspar Maase Chapter 6. Learning from America: Reconstructing "Race" in Postwar Germany Heide Fehrenbach PART III: FILM Chapter 7. Cinematic Americanization of the Holocaust in Germany: Whose Memory Is It? David Bathrick Chapter 8. Anti-Americanism and the Cold War: On the DEFA Berlin Films Sabine Hake Chapter 9. German Cinema Face to Face with Hollywood: Looking into a Two-Way Mirror Thomas Elsaesser PART IV: EUROPEAN AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES Chapter 10. Double Crossings: The Reciprocal Relationship between American and European Culture in the Twentieth Century Richard Pells Chapter 11. Anti-Americanism and Anti-Modernism in Europe: Old and Recent Versions Rob Kroes Chapter 12. California Blue: Americanization as Self-Americanization Winfried Fluck Chapter 13. Awkward Relations: American Perspectives on Europe, European Perspectives on America Volker R. Berghahn PART V: OUTLOOK Chapter 14. Crisis or Cooperation? The Transatlantic Relationship at a Watershed Karsten D. Voigt Chapter 15. Germans and Americans: Understanding and Managing Change Bowman H. Miller Notes on Contributors Bibliography Index

“This is a great book. Instead of simplifying the topic or getting lost in details, it presents a logical structure and a strong argument nuanced by local peculiarities… At best, an edited volume turns its reader overnight into an international expert in the field. Stephan's volume on the Americanization of as well as anti-Americanism in Europe since World War Two is such a book.”  ·  H-Net “In many respects, all of the essays in this collection are individual gems…The various pieces contribute to a clearer understanding of the interactions between American culture and anti-Americanism in a European context. They also highlight the key roles played by the Vietnam War and Hollywood in both the acceptance and the rejection of American culture. Overall, this study is a very welcome addition to the literature on the American role in the wider process of globalization.”  ·  European History Quarterly “Alexander Stephan’s well-edited collection of 15 essays dealing with anti-Americanism in a country where the U.S.’s standing was once high and has now dropped so sharply is indeed timely. The book may be helpful as well in searching for explanations of anti-Americanism in other countries, because it deals with so many aspects of this phenomenon, ranging from the political to the cultural.”  ·  German Quarterly