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Today, five years after unification, Germany is emerging as Europe's most powerful country. Who are the Germans today? How can we better understand the profound changes taking place in Germany? How will these changes affect American interests abroad and at home? "The Germans: Portrait of a New Nation" profiles the German people at this critical juncture in history. The book includes interviews with individuals and families from both former East and West Germany and features commentary by leading public officials and experts, including a rare and exclusive interview with German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. Also interviewed for the first time are former US Ambassador to Germany Robert Kimmitt; Daniel Cohn-Bendit, a leading member of Germany's Green Party; Norbert Walter, chief economist for Deutsche Bank; David Herman, chairman of German car manufacturer Opel; Colonel Bernd Mueller of the German armed forces, the Bundeswehr; Angela Stent of Georgetown University; and Christopher Bertram, columnist for the German weekly, "Die Zeit". Professors and students of German language, culture, government, politics and history will find "The Germans" a valuable supplement to standard texts. This volume is filled with photographs and presents both the German and the English texts side by side.