From World War to Waldheim: Culture and Politics in Austria and the United States

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Preface vii
• The Sound of Forgetting Meets the United States of Amnesia 1
• References 16
• Part One the Politics of Austrian-American Relations 17
• Chapter 1 American Attitudes Toward Austria and Austrian-German Relations Since 1945 19
• References 31
• Chapter 2 Bruno Kreisky's Perceptions of the United States 36
• Introduction 36
• Conclusion 47
• References 49
• Chapter 3 Bitburg, Waldheim, and the Politics O Fremembering and Forgetting 51
• References 82
• Part Two the Austrian Impact on American Culture 85
• Chapter 4 Mass Emigration and Intellectual Exile from National Socialism - The Austrian Case 87
• References 106
• Chapter 5 the Influence of Austrian ÉmigrÉs on the Development and Expansion of Psychoanalysis in the United States After 1945 109
• Introduction 109
• Conclusion 128
• Appendix 5.1 Biographical and Geographical Information About the Émigrés to the United States: Wpv Members 130
• Appendix 5.2 Biographical and Geographical Information About the Émigrés to the United States: Candidates in Training and American-Trained 1Émigrés 132
• References 133
• Chapter 6 Heimat Hollywood Billy Wilder, Otto Preminger, Edgar Ulmer, and the Criminal Cinema of the Austrian-Jewish Diaspora 138
• Introduction: Austrian-Jewish Prominence in Postwar American Crime Cinema 138
• References 162
• Part Three America and Austrian Political Culture 163
• Chapter 7 Robert Wise's the Sound of Music and the "Denazification" of Austria in American Cinema 165
• Introduction 165
• Conclusion 183
• References 186
• Chapter 8 Political Culture and the Abortion Conflict - A Comparison of Austria and the United States 187
• Introduction 187
• Conclusion 207
• References 208
• Chapter 9 Americanization, Cultural Change, and Austrian Identity 210
• Introduction: Americanization and U.S. Hegemony 210
• Conclusion 231
• Conclusion 233
• List of Contributors 236
• Index 237

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