Dr. Adenauer’s Third Term

Dr. Adenauer’s spectacular victory is also a victory for the Free World, says the author—yet his high-handed methods may do lasting harm to the new German democracy

Bonn After the disaster at the recent Gloucester by-election when the Socialists converted a marginal seat into an 8,000 majority, Dr. Adenauer’s astonishing performance in the West German elections fills a British Conservative with a feeling of wistful envy. Indeed his electoral progress in the eight years since the Federal Republic was formed has been such as to invite the envy of conservative forces all over the world.

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Alistair Horne

Sir Alistair Horne’s Kissinger: 1973, The Crucial Year is published by Simon & Schuster.

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Dr. Adenauer’s spectacular victory is also a victory for the Free World, says the author—yet his high-handed methods may do lasting harm to the new German democracy

Bonn After the disaster at the recent Gloucester by-election when the Socialists converted a marginal seat into an 8,000 majority, Dr. Adenauer’s astonishing performance in the West German elections fills a British Conservative with a feeling of wistful envy. Indeed his electoral progress in the eight years since the Federal Republic was formed has been such as to invite the envy of conservative forces all over the world.