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The Independent Review
Volume 11 Number 2
Fall 2006


Did the United States Create Democracy in Germany?
By James L. Payne

Both advocates and opponents of nation building say that the United States played a key role in helping post-war Germany become a democracy. In fact, a close look reveals that, from the standpoint of democratic nation building, the U.S. occupation of Germany is actually a lesson in what not to do.




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