Democracy Imposed U.S. Occupation Policy and the German Public, 1945-1949

How successful was the United States in attempting to impose a democratic system on Germany after the Second World War? Did U.S. occupation policy actually change German society and attitudes? In this book Richard L. Merritt addresses these questions from a novel perspective. Instead of studying what German political leaders and intellectuals thought about the U.S. occupation, Merritt explores for the first time the response of the ordinary German people, analyzing data from public opinion surveys conducted largely by the American Military Government beginning in 1945.Merritt, Richard L. is the author of 'Democracy Imposed U.S. Occupation Policy and the German Public, 1945-1949' with ISBN 9780300060379 and ISBN 0300060378.