I discussed a master's thesis at the College of Education for Human Sciences - University of Basra (US foreign policy towards the German issue 1964-1968)
The letter of the researcher (Imad Qader Lafta) included that this letter adopted the foreign policy of the United States of America in the aftermath of World War II (1939-1945), which left a clear impact on the course of political events in Europe, especially after the Cold War and its entry into great competition with the Soviet Union for Dominating the world and expanding its influence on the European continent, which we reflect negatively on finding a settlement for the European issue, including the German issue, was a point of contention between the major powers.
The international changes during the second half of the twentieth century were represented by the emergence of the two great poles, the United States of America and the Soviet Union, and the competition between them led to the emergence of what was known as the Cold War, which led to the division of the countries of the world into two camps, namely the Western camp led by the United States of America and the countries of Western Europe, and the Western camp. Eastern Europe led by the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries, as this matter was reflected in the division of defeated Germany in World War II into two states between them: West Germany (Federal Germany) and East Germany (Democratic Germany). Since the emergence of the United States as a pole contributes to defining the parameters of international politics and determining the fate of the world, this has a significant impact on the course of foreign policy and international relations.
The thesis was divided into an introduction and a preface, three chapters, a conclusion, appendices and a list of sources. The preface included a brief overview of the foreign policy of the United States of America towards Germany during the Second World War and its aftermath until the end of 1963. The first chapter came, the American foreign policy towards the German issue in 1964. The second chapter was entitled, The American foreign policy towards the German issue 1965-1966. The third chapter carried the American foreign policy toward the German issue between 1967-1968.
The study aims: to follow the policy of the United States of America towards the German issue, especially with regard to the endeavors of the Federal Government of Germany to reunify Germany again in those years, and to clarify the most important internal and external causes and influences that prompted the American administration that adopted this policy and to shed light on the positions of the major countries that She was responsible for determining the future of Germany, especially the position of the Soviet Union, Britain and France, and its impact on US foreign policy, as well as clarifying the position of Federal Germany, an ally of the United States, on the issue of German unity and its role in pressuring the United States to follow a special policy on this issue.
