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15-F-0901_DOC_02_German_Liberals_and_the_Integration_of_Muslim_Minorities_in_Germany_200612.pdf

GERMAN LIBERALS AND THE INTEGRATION OF MUSLIM MINORITIES IN GERMANY by (b)(6) Long Term Strategy Project The views, opinions and/or fmdings contained in this report are those of the author, and should not be construed as official Department of Defense position, policy or decision. Contract No.: r4 171 [1 I December 2006 -- 1 of 50 -- -- 2 of 50 -- CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 I. GERMANY AS AN ADOLESCENT STATE 3 1871-1918 Kaiser, Kanzler und Kapital —the alliance for the destruction of early liberalism 3 1918-1945 No second chances: Dysfunctional democracy, economic collapse and the slide into fascism 5 1945-1967: Third time lucky? The failure of German liberalism in the post-war period 7 1968-1998 —Four of a kind? 68ers, Revolutionaries, Greens and Neo-Marxists 8 1998-2006: Victory of the Fifth Column? The Greens grow up 9 II...