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Think-Tanks, Social Democracy and Social Policy

Müller criticises the established discourse of an all-embracing cultural imperialism and massive ‘Americanisation’ of West German society, but instead explains that the Germans were far from passive in this development with large sections of society actively embracing the new ideas and models from across the Atlantic. In a final epilogue Müller looks ahead to 1968 and after. He convincingly argues that left-wing anti-Americanism really only took off in the 1970s and 1980s. On a critical note, in a study that is being published as part of a media history series it is unfortunate not to be presentedwith a number of images. Also,Müller could possibly havemademore of the reality of being occupied by the Allies andUS forces in particular after 1945, a reality which weighed heavily on the German psyche and which in turn fostered feelings of anti-Americanism. Overall, however,Müller has produced a well-written, insightful and original bookwhose thematic (rather than chronological) structure serves its overall argument. The findings are persuasive and, in part, ground-breaking. For example, Müller clearly shows how widespread anti-Americanism was in nationalistic circles as well as—and more surprisingly—in more middle of the road liberal discourse. What we are confronted with was not an attack on the USA, however (as this was largely an inner German discourse), but a vocal and influential attack on the ‘project of modernisation’ (p. 178) itself. Müller has written an outstanding study which will no doubt become essential reading for everyone interested in post-war German history.