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Visiting lecturer gives foreign viewpo
□ Dr. Eckart Conze, an invited
speaker from Germany, spoke
about the influence of Cold War
America on European politics.
By James Bernsen
The Battalion
The aftermath of World War II profoundly
changed world diplomacy and the social
structures of European countries, especially
Germany, a visiting professor from that na
tion told a group of about 25 people Tuesday.
Dr. Eckart Conze, from the University of
Tuebingen, said the 19th century diplomacy of
multiple alliances in Europe was destroyed in
favor of a polar arrangement of power be
tween the United States and the Soviet bloc.
“The year 1945 is beyond any doubt one of
the great epochal years of world history,” he
said. “The Second World War and the Cold
War put an end to Europe as it was.
“The time for Europe had passed, and we
have seen the emergence of a new principle
of international order.”
Conze said the traditional system of the
19th century, which had survived the until
the 1940s, was one of competing territorial
demands and issues. The Cold War trans
formed conflict into a global one based on
ideologies, he said.
“Europe had escaped German domina
tion, but the cost was its independence,” he
said. “The countries of Western Europe be
came junior partners of the U.S., but that is
nothing compared to what happened to the
countries in the east.”
“Even if Winston Churchill tried to get in
every photograph with Roosevelt and Stalin,
the crucial decisions were made in Moscow
Evan Zimmerman, The Battalion
Dr. Eckart Conze speaks of the "Americaniza
tion" of Germany and the rest of Europe after
World War II.
and Washington,” he said. “They alone had
sufficient resources to maintain and extend
their power and to confront each other.
Conze said the American ideal of democ
racy and that of Soviet-sponsored commu
nism dominated the world geopolitical land
scape like no issue before, turning every con
flict into a battle for the two sides.
“Almost every country in the world
aligned itself with one of the two capitals,”
he said. “The time of limited war aims was
over. The new wars ... now added an ideo
logical dimension.
“The Cold War brought former enemies
together as friends,” he said. “A Germany
alienated to the U.S. could never have be
come an ally to Western democracy.”
Conze said the German defeat and the
“Americanizing” influence broke down party
structures from their basis o
nominations and erased the:
the state, which had traditionally I
thoritarianism in German goveiftuj
The importance of local conflicts!
down because of the Cold War,(
but the way they were addresset]
United States and Soviet spheresj
ence were different.
“The Western governments a
t hem with compromises,” he saii'j
Eastern countries were kept ini
Dr. Charles Johnson, headoftW
ment of Political Science, saidtt^
was a good discussion of Germanjj
post-Cold War world.
Christoph Steppich, a Germanp
who lived through the Cold Ware
Germany, said the lecture wasabo
things he knew first-hand.
Steppich said the previous;
racy in Germany in the 1920s!
people didn’t know how to make one
“Democracy before the Second HV;
was still very weak and superficial,'!
“It wasn’t ingrained in the Germans.'
Dr. Arnold Krammer, an
professor, said he invited Conzetoi
give students a different viewpointolij
“When we only study Americana
from America, with American scl
don’t see the whole thing.”
Johnson agreed that having^
professor give his view of historical4
ments was important.
“We’re at a university, and thee
is about ideas,” he said. “Foreigna
bring with them an understanding!!
enrich the students.
“They’re looking at the samet
hut with a different set of lenses a
have to understand what those lense
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Legend of Aston lives on with influence, pri
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□ The "ultimate Aggie"
passed away Oct. 2
after suffering two
strokes.
By Tara Wilkinson
The Battalion
James W. Aston, Texas A&M
Class of ’33 and namesake of As
ton Hall, passed away on Oct. 2,
but left a legacy as a devout Aggie.
Though best known as the
former president of Republican
National Bank and as a key
player in the development of
Dallas-Ft. Worth International
Airport and UT Southwestern
Medical Center, Aston’s inter
ests were not limited to the Dal-
las-Ft. Worth area.
Described as the “ultimate
Aggie” by his stepgranddaugh-
ter, Lindsay Harris, a sophomore
general studies major, Aston
lived with A&M at heart.
“Everything about him was
Aggie,” Harris said. “He lived
A&M. It was so much of his
house, his life, his stuff and
what he gave his money to.”
Aston’s financial contribu
tions to the University include
the establishment of the Aston
Endowed Chair of Institutional
Development and a President’s
Endowed Scholarship.
He served on the Easterwood
Trust Fund committee, a Dallas-
based group that provides finan
cial support to members of the
Corps of Cadets.
Dr. Robert Walker, A&M vice
president for development and
Aston Professor of Institutional
Development, said Aston was
one of the University’s strongest
supporters.
“He was always supportive of
the good things A&M stood for,
such as character and leadership,”
Walker said. “He was very sup
portive of the Corps of Cadets.”
Aston was cadet colonel, the
highest rank in the Corps, and
captain of the Aggie football
team during his days as an
A&M student.
Confined to a wheelchair after a
series of strokes, Aston used a golf
cart painted maroon and white
and plastered with A&M stickers
to ride outside for fresh air.
Last year, in celebration of
Aston’s 83rd birthday, the Aggie
Band formed Aston’s name on
Kyle Field while playing “Hap
py Birthday.”
Aston died after suffering two
strokes in one month, and was
buried wearing an A&M tie.
After graduating from A&M
with a bachelor's degree in civil
engineering, Aston became city
manager of Bryan in 1939.
In 1941, he joined the Army
Air Corps and eventually be
came a colonel. He was awarded
two bronze stars and
Merit award for his sera
ing World War II.
After the war, Astonls
Dallas’ youngest dtyw
ever at 27.
Harris said she andkii
Katie, Class of ’94, beca
first Aggies in their fail
cause of Aston’s influence.
Harris said she was as
to Aston as she is to heras!
grandfather, and describe!
as a sincere, religious
loved to tell stories.
“You knew he was in«
down to the end,” she said
never let anyone win in
versation. It was just hi:
that didn’t function; his
was still so sharp.”
Harris said she consii
responsibility of carryingc:
ton’s devotion to A&M a pm'
“I’m proud to be hisgc
daughter,” she said. “I wish I
claim him as a blood relative.
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