Did the United States Create Democracy in Germany? By James L. PayneBoth 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. |Other Independent Review articles by James L. Payne||Winter 2017/18||The Government Nobody Knowsnor Wants to Know||Summer 2016||Government Fails, Long Live Government! The Rise of Failurism||Fall 2014||The Real Case against Activist Global Warming Policy||[View All (12)]|