by Helmut Schmidt · tapa dura · ISBN 9783886808632
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«Ausser Dienst: Eine Bilanz» is the essay by Helmut Schmidt, published by Siedler in hardback (350 pages, in German).
After leaving the office of Chancellor of West Germany, Helmut Schmidt reviews the major changes since the end of the Cold War, analyses present-day politics and the future Germany, and reflects on his wartime experiences, his mistakes, faith and the end of life. He criticises predatory capitalism and appeals to the morality of elites, around the difficult German self-concept and its place in the European Union.
First edition published in 2008. Includes index and bibliographical references (pages 339-340).
For readers interested in German and European politics, contemporary history and the memoirs of great statesmen.
Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt was a German politician and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), who served as the chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982. He was the longest lived chancellor in German history and had the longest post-chancellorship, at over 33 years.
