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'''Konrad Adenauer''' (1876- 1967), was the first chancellor (top official) of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1949-63. He was the founder and leader of the [[Christian Democratic Union]], a coalition of Catholics and Protestants that since 1946 has generally dominated German politics. A devout Catholic, he belied his age as one of the oldest national leaders in world history by a vigorous commitment to democracy, capitalism, and anti-Communism. A stern patriarch and shrewd politician, Adenauer was deeply committed to the traditional values of Christianity and pursued a single-mindedly Western-oriented foreign policy.  He restored the West Germany economiy to dominance in Europe, rebuilt its army, came to terms with France, helped establish European unity, fought relentlessly against the Communists in rival [[East Germany]], and made his nation a pillar of [[NATO]] and a form ally of the United States. To a large extent Adenauer's policies still dominate Germany.

'''Konrad Adenauer''' (1876- 1967), was the first chancellor (top official) of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1949-63. He was the founder and leader of the [[Christian Democratic Union]], a coalition of Catholics and Protestants that since 1946 has generally dominated German politics. A devout Catholic, he belied his age as one of the oldest national leaders in world history by a vigorous commitment to democracy, capitalism, and anti-Communism. A stern patriarch and shrewd politician, Adenauer was deeply committed to the traditional values of Christianity and pursued a single-mindedly Western-oriented foreign policy.  He restored the West Germany economiy to dominance in Europe, rebuilt its army, came to terms with France, helped establish European unity, fought relentlessly against the Communists in rival [[East Germany]], and made his nation a pillar of [[NATO]] and a form ally of the United States. To a large extent Adenauer's policies still dominate Germany.[[File:Adenauer1.jpg|thumb|280px]]

==Career==

==Career==

==Further reading==

==Further reading==

* Heidenheimer, Arnold J. ''Adenauer and the CDU: the Rise of the Leader and the Integration of the Party'' (1960)

* Heidenheimer, Arnold J. ''Adenauer and the CDU: the Rise of the Leader and the Integration of the Party'' (1960)

* Cudlipp, E. ''Adenauer'' (1985)

* Cudlipp, E. ''Adenauer'' (1985)

* Hiscocks, Richard. ''The Adenauer Era'' (1966)

* Hiscocks, Richard. ''The Adenauer Era'' (1966)

* Prittie, Terence. ''Konrad Adenauer, 1876-1967'' (1971);

* Rovan, Joseph. ''Konrad Adenauer'' (1987) 182 pages [http://books.google.com/books?id=3dHtW4yojJIC&dq=intitle:Konrad+intitle:Adenauer&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=30&as_brr=3&as_pt=ALLTYPES excerpt and text search]

* Schwarz, Hans-Peter. ''Konrad Adenauer: A German Politician and Statesman in a Period of War, Revolution and Reconstruction. Vol. 1: From the German Empire to the Federal Republic, 1876-1952.''

* Williams, Charles. ''Konrad Adenauer: The Father of the New Germany'' (2001), 624pp

 

===Primary sources===

===Primary sources===

* Adenauer, Konrad. ''Memoirs'', (4 vols. English edition 1966-70)

* Adenauer, Konrad. ''Memoirs'', (4 vols. English edition 1966-70)