Adenauer and the CDU

I. Introduction: Perspectives on Origins and Context.- A. German Political Systems and the Problem of Party Leadership.- B. The Growth of Christian Democratic Parties in Europe.- C. Prolegomena to the Study of Post-War German Parties.- Party Formation and Initial Organization 1945–1946.- II. The CDU’s Emergence in Occupied Germany.- A. Christian Union, the New Departure.- B. Regional Foundings, Diverse Accents.- C. The Plethora of Programs and Tendencies.- D. ‘Old’ Leaders for a ‘New’ Party?.- III. Competing Zonal Leaders and Organizations.- A. Konrad Adenauer and the British Zonal Council.- B. Jakob Kaiser and the Berlin Executive.- C. The South German Federalists and the Bavarian CSU.- Policy Conflicts and Party Integration 1947.- IV. Patriotic Priority: All-German Faith or West-German Fact?.- A. The East-West Split and an Ersatz Party Organization.- B. Zonal Animosities and CDU Administrators.- C. The Eclipse of the ‘Unification First’ Policy.- V. Economic Policy: Planned Economy or Free Market?.- A. The Rise and Fall of Christian Socialism.- B. The Ahlen Program and the Nationalisation Issue.- C. Bizonia, Crucible of Neo-Liberalism.- D. The CDU Adopts Erhard’s Free Market Policy.- VI. Coalition Policy, Federalism and the Basic Law.- A. Adenauer and Schumacher Mold CDU-SPD Hostility.- B. The CDU Land Chairmen Hold Out for Concessions.- C. The Bundesrat Issue and Party Strategy in the Parliamentary Council.- D. The National Party Leaders Display Their Power.- VII. Adenauer as Chancellor and Party Leader 1950–1959.- A. The ‘Coronation’: Adenauer forms His Governament.- B. The ‘Dukes’: The Submission of the Regional CDU Leaders.- C. The ‘Court’: Formation of the Federal Party Organization.- D. The ‘Whip’: Foreign Policy and Party Discipline.- VIII. Conclusion: Adenauers’s Party Leadership and the Reconstruction of Germany.