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...Union 1812: The Americans who Fought the Second War of Independence,” author A.J. Langguth ’55 continues a historical journey that began with “Patriots: The Men Who Started the American Revolution...
Clocking in at a little over 400 pages, Langguth begins his latest book with George Washington’s return to Mount Vernon in 1783. Washington was actually coaxed into attending the Constitutional Convention by James Madison...
...appears to prefer working behind the scenes to basking in the limelight. She has brought a collegial atmosphere to the Chancellery that is proving wildly popular. "Suddenly a woman in black enters the stage without any pomp or circumstance and talks in a quite straightforward manner - analytically," says Gerd Langguth, a political scientist at Bonn University. "People like that." Cabinet meetings are more open and less hierarchical than they were in Schröder's day, though Merkel can be ruthless with long-winded colleagues. "When I met her alone it was like meeting a leading business figure...
...authoritarian style than his predecessor. That could prove useful in the delicate task of persuading the spd's left wing, led by a vigorous younger generation, to work in tandem with the Christian Democratic right. "This will commit the party to the grand coalition more than before," says Gerd Langguth, a political scientist at Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University in Bonn. Stoiber's exit, meanwhile, removes a powerful potential rival from Merkel's Cabinet. So predictions of the grand coalition's demise are premature, says Bernhard Wessel, a political scientist at Berlin's Free University. He calls Müntefering...
...Ages, with the beggar in front of the church doors." Whatever government emerges will have to bridge the divides. But neither Schröder nor Merkel seems well suited to unify after a campaign in which both fought so fiercely. "The chemistry is terrible at the moment," concedes Gerd Langguth, a political scientist at the University of Bonn and cdu insider. A grand coalition of the two big parties seems like the most feasible option. But for that to happen either Merkel or Schröder will have to step down, and neither seems ready. "We are the biggest parliamentary...