The Economic Diplomacy of Ostpolitik - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Economic Diplomacy of Ostpolitik write by Werner D. Lippert. This book was released on 2010-12-01. The Economic Diplomacy of Ostpolitik available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Despite the consensus that economic diplomacy played a crucial role in ending the Cold War, very little research has been done on the economic diplomacy during the crucial decades of the 1970s and 1980s. This book fills the gap by exploring the complex interweaving of East–West political and economic diplomacies in the pursuit of détente. The focus on German chancellor Willy Brandt’s Ostpolitik reveals how its success was rooted in the usage of energy trade and high tech exchanges with the Soviet Union. His policies and visions are contrasted with those of U.S. President Richard Nixon and the Realpolitik of Henry Kissinger. The ultimate failure to coordinate these rivaling détente policies, and the resulting divide on how to deal with the Soviet Union, left NATO with an energy dilemma between American and European partners—one that has resurfaced in the 21st century with Russia’s politicization of energy trade. This book is essential for anyone interested in exploring the interface of international diplomacy, economic interest, and alliance cohesion.
From Embargo to Ostpolitik
From Embargo to Ostpolitik - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook From Embargo to Ostpolitik write by Angela E. Stent. This book was released on 2003-10-30. From Embargo to Ostpolitik available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Examines the development of Soviet-West German relations from both the Russian and German sides.
The Diplomacy of Détente
The Diplomacy of Détente - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Diplomacy of Détente write by Stephan Kieninger. This book was released on 2018-05-20. The Diplomacy of Détente available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book investigates the underlying reasons for the longevity of détente and its impact on East–West relations. The volume examines the relevance of trade across the Iron Curtain as a means to facilitate mutual trust, as well as the emergence of new habits of transparency regardless of recurring military crises. A major theme of the book concerns Helmut Schmidt’s foreign policy and his contribution to the resilience of cooperative security policies in East–West relations. It examines Schmidt’s crucial role in the Euromissile crisis, his Ostpolitik diplomacy and his pan-European trade initiatives to engage the Soviet Union in a joint perspective of trade, industry and technology. Another key theme concerns the crisis in US–Soviet relations and the challenges of meaningful leadership communication between Washington and Moscow in the absence of backchannel diplomacy during the Carter years. The book depicts the freeze in US–Soviet relations after the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan, the declaration of martial law in Poland, and Helmut Schmidt’s efforts to serve as a mediator and interpreter working for a relaunch of US–Soviet dialogue. Eventually, the book highlights George Shultz’s pivotal role in the Reagan Administration’s efforts to improve US-Soviet relations, well before Mikhail Gorbachev’s arrival. This book will be of interest to students of Cold War studies, diplomatic history, foreign policy and international relations.
Reconciliation Road
Reconciliation Road - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reconciliation Road write by Benedikt Schoenborn. This book was released on 2020-09-11. Reconciliation Road available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Among postwar political leaders, West German Chancellor Willy Brandt played one of the most significant roles in reconciling Germans with other Europeans and in creating the international framework that enabled peaceful reunification in 1990. Based on extensive archival research, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of Brandt’s Ostpolitik from its inception until the end of the Cold War through the lens of reconciliation. Here, Benedikt Schoenborn gives us a Brandt who passionately insisted on a gradual reduction of Cold War hostility and a lasting European peace, while remaining strategically and intellectually adaptable in a way that exemplified the ‘imaginativeness of history’.
Divided, But Not Disconnected
Divided, But Not Disconnected - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Divided, But Not Disconnected write by Tobias Hochscherf. This book was released on 2010-12-01. Divided, But Not Disconnected available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Allied agreement after the Second World War did not only partition Germany, it divided the nation along the fault-lines of a new bipolar world order. This inner border made Germany a unique place to experience the Cold War, and the “German question” in this post-1945 variant remained inextricably entwined with the vicissitudes of the Cold War until its end. This volume explores how social and cultural practices in both German states between 1949 and 1989 were shaped by the existence of this inner border, putting them on opposing sides of the ideological divide between the Western and Eastern blocs, as well as stabilizing relations between them. This volume’s interdisciplinary approach addresses important intersections between history, politics, and culture, offering an important new appraisal of the German experiences of the Cold War.
