The articles which are published in this volume investigate, on the basis of selected cases of mainly European winners of the Nobel Peace Prize, the meaning of the Prize and the award in the Prize winner's own countries. The case studies, which are mainly of a biographical nature, offer a varied picture with regard to the reactions of public opinion in the respective countries. They consent, however, in so far as the immediate impact of the award was only limited and of short duration.
Contents: Norman Angell - Willy Brandt - Mikhail Gorbachev - Andrei Sakharov - Gustav Stresemann - Bertha von Suttner.
The Editors: Karl Holl, born 1931, Dr. phil., is a Professor of History at the University of Bremen since 1971. Numerous publications on German contemporary history, history of German liberal parties, and the German peace movement.
Anne C. Kjelling, born 1941, is Head Librarian of the Norwegian Nobel Institute since 1987, employed there since 1972. She is also in charge of the Institute's historical archives.
The contributors: Geir Lundestad, Karl Holl, Irwin Abrams, Adolf Wild, Martin Ceadel, Brigitte Hamann, Ute Buse, Nadine Lubelski-Bernard, Jost Dülffer / Christa Haas, Irwin Abrams, Gottfried Niedhart, Harriet Hyman Alonso, Jane Addams & Emily Greene Balch, Kevin B. Nowlan, Sean Mc Bride, Betty Williams & Mairead Corrigan, Heinrich Potthoff, Tatyana Telyukova, Ruzanna Ilukhina, Gassan Gussejnov
Über den Autor
The Editors: Karl Holl, born 1931, Dr. phil., is a Professor of History at the University of Bremen since 1971. Numerous publications on German contemporary history, history of German liberal parties, and the German peace movement.
Anne C. Kjelling, born 1941, is Head Librarian of the Norwegian Nobel Institute since 1987, employed there since 1972. She is also in charge of the Institute's historical archives.
The contributors: Geir Lundestad, Karl Holl, Irwin Abrams, Adolf Wild, Martin Ceadel, Brigitte Hamann, Ute Buse, Nadine Lubelski-Bernard, Jost Dülffer / Christa Haas, Irwin Abrams, Gottfried Niedhart, Harriet Hyman Alonso, Jane Addams & Emily Greene Balch, Kevin B. Nowlan, Sean Mc Bride, Betty Williams & Mairead Corrigan, Heinrich Potthoff, Tatyana Telyukova, Ruzanna Ilukhina, Gassan Gussejnov
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Contents: Norman Angell - Willy Brandt - Mikhail Gorbachev - Andrei Sakharov - Gustav Stresemann - Bertha von Suttner.
Klappentext
The articles which are published in this volume investigate, on the basis of selected cases of mainly European winners of the Nobel Peace Prize, the meaning of the Prize and the award in the Prize winner's own countries. The case studies, which are mainly of a biographical nature, offer a varied picture with regard to the reactions of public opinion in the respective countries. They consent, however, in so far as the immediate impact of the award was only limited and of short duration.
