Perforating the Iron Curtain : European détente, transatlantic relations, and the Cold War, 1965-1985 /

Cold War history research of recent years suggests that the East-West détente process of the 1970s was a more significant element than previously believed in understanding the processes on both sides of the East-West divide which led to the end of the Cold War in the late 1980s. This anthology is a...

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Other Authors: Villaume, Poul (Editor), Westad, Odd Arne (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Copenhagen, Denmark : Museum Tusculanum Press, University of Copenhagen, 2010.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The secrets of European détente / Poul Villaume and Odd Arne Westad
  • The Cold War : what it was about and why it ended / Wilfried Loth
  • Polish reactions to the West German Ostpolitik and East-West détente, 1966-1978 / Wanda Jarzabek
  • The GDR in the era of détente : conflicting perceptions and strategies, 1965-1975 / Oliver Bange
  • Forced to cooperate : the Brandt government and the Nixon administration on the road to Helsinki / Giovanni Bernardini
  • Transformation versus status quo : the survival of the transformation strategy during the Nixon years / Stephan Kieninger
  • The main task of the European political cooperation : fostering détente in Europe / Angela Romano
  • Bridging the gap between East and West : the N+N as catalysts of the CSCE process, 1972-1983 / Thomas Fischer
  • The rise of the Helsinki network : "a sort of lifeline" for Eastern Europe / Sarah B. Snyder
  • Transatlantic relations, human rights, and power politics / Gregory F. Domber
  • French support for Eastern European dissidence, 1968-1989 : approaches and controversies / Bent Boel
  • Appendix: From Helsinki to Belgrade / Skjold G. Mellbin.