Tilo Schabert is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. He was awarded a Knighthood in the French National Order of

the Legion of Honor in 2007 and has published more than two dozen books, most recently Die Menschen im Krieg, im Frieden mit der Natur Humans at War,

at Peace with Nature and Religionen: Die Religioese Erfahrung Religions: The Religious Experience.

Widely acclaimed in Europe and now available in English for the first time, How World Politics Is Made blends primary research and interviews with key actors in France and Germany to take readers behind the scenes of world governments as a new Europe was formed. Schabert had unprecedented, exclusive access to French presidential archives and here focuses on French diplomacy not only to dispel the notion that Mitterrand was reluctant to accept reunification but also to show how successful he was in bringing it about.