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Nov 10, 2015 · BERLIN (AP) — Helmut Schmidt was blunt and down to earth, decisive and brimming with self-confidence. The attributes that won him plaudits as West German chancellor — as he dealt with some of the tensest moments of the Cold War and a surge in domestic terrorism — occasionally caused offense, especially later in life.
Nov 10, 2015 · Helmut Schmidt: West Germany's Cold War master of realpolitik. Pragmatic, outspoken and often controversial, Helmut Schmidt was a far-sighted political and economic strategist who led West...
Nov 10, 2015 · Helmut Schmidt, the West German chancellor from 1974 to 1982 and one of Germany’s most respected postwar politicians, has died at the age of 96.
Nov 10, 2015 · Gordon Welters for The New York Times. By Jonathan Kandell. Nov. 10, 2015. Helmut Schmidt, the former West German chancellor who marshaled personal dynamism, managerial brilliance and often...
Helmut Schmidt welcoming the Police Special Forces . Photo: Bundesregierung/Reineke As well as economic problems, Schmidt’s government had a second crisis to deal with: Some of the students who took part in the protest movement in the late 1960s formed a splinter group that wanted to fight the state with terrorist means.
Nov 10, 2015 · Helmut Schmidt, who served as West German Chancellor from 1974 to 1982, has died aged 96, his office says. Mr Schmidt, who was a Social Democrat, was an architect of the European Monetary System ...
Nov 10, 2015 · Helmut Schmidt, the former West German chancellor who steered his country through the world economic crisis and cold war tension of the 1970s and early 1980s has died at the age of 96. Of the six ...
