W R Smyser

Biographic Data

ID748005
NAMEW R Smyser
GIVEN NAMESW R
FAMILY NAMESmyser
SIGNATURESMYSER W R
AFFILIATIONSGeorgetown University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS24
TOTAL CITATIONS4
AUTHOR COUNT24
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1980
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
H-INDEX2

  • Restive Partners

    W R SmyserBOOKRestive Partners2020

  • Kennedy and the Berlin Wall: "A Hell of a Lot Better Than a War"

    W R SmyserBOOKKennedy and the Berlin Wall2009

    The Berlin Wall Crisis dominated the presidency of John F. Kennedy from his inauguration in 1961 until his historic trip to the city in June 1963. W.R. Smyser's Kennedy and the Berlin Wall offers new insights into the Berlin events that riveted global attention, especially as Soviet and American tanks faced each other at point-blank range over "Checkpoint Charlie." Drawing on his experience as an American diplomat in Berlin at the time; personal …

  • The Humanitarian Conscience: Caring for Others in the Age of Terror

    W R SmyserBOOKThe Humanitarian Conscience2003

  • From Yalta to Berlin: The Cold War Struggle over Germany

    Frank A Mayer, W R SmyserARTICLEGerman Studies Review2000

  • From Yalta to Berlin: The Cold War Struggle over Germany

    Stanley Hoffmann, W R SmyserARTICLEForeign Affairs1999

  • German unification: A more tangled web than we realised

    W R SmyserARTICLEGerman Politics1996

    Verbatim III, 1988–1991. By Jacques attali. Paris: Fayard, 1995. The Politics of Diplomacy. By James A. Baker, in, with Thomas Defrank. New York: Putnam's, 1995. A Round Table with Sharp Corners. By Frank Elbe and Richard Kiessler. Baden‐Baden: Nomos, 1996. Errinerungen. By Hans‐Dietrich Genscher. Berlin: Siedler, 1996. Errinerungen. By Mikhail Gorbatschow. Berlin: Siedler, 1995. The Downing Street Years. By Margaret Thatcher. New York: Harper Co…

  • The German Economy: Colossus at the Crossroads

    Michael Hughes, Michael L Hughes et al.ARTICLEGerman Studies Review1995

    Part 1 Basic statistics of the united German economy. Part 2 Growth, Die Wende, and the 1990s. Part 3 German Inc.? The Bundesbank and the associations. Part 4 A German style? Management, labour and the banks. Part 5 Structural burdens and the role of the state. Part 6 Theory and history: Erhard and the German tradition. Part 7 Uniting Germany: where did the economic miracle go?. Part 8 Uniting Germany: processes, costs and prospects. Part 9 Germa…

  • Germany and America: New Identities. Fateful Rift

    Thomas Schwartz, Thomas A Schwartz et al.ARTICLEGerman Studies Review1995

  • The Bundesbank: America's German Central Bank

    W R SmyserARTICLEThe Washington Quarterly1994

  • Dateline Berlin: Germany's New Vision

    W R SmyserARTICLEForeign Policy1994Cited by: 2

  • The diplomacy of German unification

    W R SmyserARTICLEGerman Politics1994

    Heinrich Bortfeldt, Washington ‐ Bonn ‐ Berlin (Bonn: Bouvier, 1993) Elizabeth Pond, Beyond the Wall (Washington: Brookings, 1993) Stephen Szabo, The Diplomacy of German Unification (New York: St Martin's, 1993

  • The Economy of United Germany: Colossus at the Crossroads

    Wolfram F Hanrieder, W R SmyserARTICLEGerman Studies Review1993

  • Goodbye, G-7

    W R SmyserARTICLEThe Washington Quarterly1993

    Additional informationNotes on contributorsW. R. SmyserW. R. Smyser is a Washington consultant in political economy and strategy. His most recent books are The Economy of United Germany (New York: St. Martin's, 1992) and Deutschland Gegen Amenta? (Freiburg: Rombach, 1992)

  • Restive Partners: Washington and Bonn Diverge

    Wolfgang Schlauch, Wolfgang T Schlauch et al.ARTICLEGerman Studies Review1991

    The setting German-American co-operation since 1945 security - NATO and the division of labour West German questions about deterrence strategy under challenge relations with the East contrasting economic philosophies new German and American attitudes present at the dissolution

  • Vienna, Versailles, and Now Paris: Third Time Lucky

    W R SmyserARTICLEThe Washington Quarterly1991

  • United Germany: A New Economic Miracle

    W R SmyserARTICLEThe Washington Quarterly1990

  • Restive Partners: Washington and Bonn Diverge

    Gregory F Treverton, W R Smyser et al.ARTICLEForeign Affairs1990

  • Refugees and Development in Africa

    Barry N Stein, Peter Nobel et al.ARTICLEAfrican Economic History1989

    This book discusses why refugees flee, how and whether they become integrated, the relations between development assistance and refugee assistance, and the legal status of the refugees. The concept of 'people's rights' is discussed, and the rights to development with special reference to the refugees

  • Refugees: Extended Exile

    Peter H Wolff, W R SmyserARTICLEThe International Journal of…1988

    Foreword Preface Introduction The Origins Protection Assistance The Organizations and the Structure The Traditional Refugees The Jet People Conclusions and Recommendations Notes Index

  • Refugees: The Year Ahead

    W R SmyserARTICLERefugee Survey Quarterly1985

    REFUGEES: THE YEAR AHEAD Get access W. R. SMYSER W. R. SMYSER Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Refugee Survey Quarterly, Volume 4, Issue 4, December 1985, Pages 3–5, https://doi.org/10.1093/rsq/4.4.3 Published: 01 December 1985

  • Refugees: A Never-Ending Story

    W R SmyserARTICLEForeign Affairs1985Cited by: 2

    The current refugee situation around the world is reviewed. The author estimates the current global total at about 10 million refugees, the majority of whom are in developing countries. The increasing demand of many refugees to come to developed countries is noted

  • German-American Relations

    Gerald H Davis, W R SmyserARTICLEGerman Studies Review1982

  • The Independent Vietnamese. Vietnamese Communism Between Russia and China, 1965-1969

    Carlyle A Thayer, W R SmyserARTICLEPacific Affairs1982

  • Turmoil in German-American Relations

    W R SmyserARTICLEThe Washington Quarterly1980