Cultures of Order: Leadership, Language, and Social Reconstruction in Germany and Japan

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Cultures of Order Cultures of Order Leadership, Language, and Social Reconstruction in Germany and Japan Katja Weber Paul A. Kowert STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS Cover photographs of Konrad Adenauer, Kurt Kiesinger, and Helmut Kohl courtesy of the Archiv fuer Christlich-Demokratische Politik/KonradAdenauer -Stiftung; cover photographs of Kurt Schumacher, Willy Brandt, and Oskar Lafontaine courtesy of the Archiv der Sozialen Demokratie/FriedrichEbert -Stiftung; cover photograph of Shigeru Yoshida produced by the National Park Service, courtesy of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library. Portions of chapters 1, 2, and 3 are adapted from Katja Weber and Paul A. Kowert “Language, Rules, and Order: The Westpolitik Debate of Adenauer and Schumacher,” in LANGUAGE, AGENCY, AND POLITICS IN A CONSTRUCTED WORLD, ed. Francois Debrix (Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 2003). Copyright © 2003 by M. E. Sharpe, Inc. Used by permission. Published by STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS, ALBANY© 2007 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. For information, contact State University of New York Press, Albany, NY www.sunypress.edu Production by Kelli W. LeRoux Marketing by Michael Campochiaro Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Weber, Katja, 1959– Cultures of order : leadership, language, and social reconstruction in Germany and Japan / Katja Weber, Paul A. Kowert. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-7914-7211-8 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Political leadership—Germany—History—20th century. 2. Political leadership—Japan—History—20th century. 3. International relations. I. Kowert, Paul A. II. Title. JN3971.A58K69 2007 320.94309'045—dc22 2007002071 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For Barbara, Eva, and Robert ...