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The United Kingdom and Germany

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British relations with Germany since 1945 have been formed... by an interaction between the traditional realism of Britain’s political and professional diplomatic leadership and the emotional attitudes of hostility towards Germany of public opinion in Britain.1

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Hill, C. (1996). The United Kingdom and Germany. In: Heurlin, B. (eds) Germany in Europe in the Nineties. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25114-8_10

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