The Warsaw Pact reconsidered : international relations in Eastern Europe, 1955-69 / Laurien Crump.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crump, Laurien, author.

Series:

Routledge studies in the history of Russia and Eastern Europe ; 22.

Routledge studies in the history of Russia and Eastern Europe ; 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Europe, Eastern--Foreign relations--1945-1989.

Europe, Eastern.

Eastern Europe.

International relations.

Europe, Eastern--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.

Soviet Union.

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--Europe, Eastern.

Warsaw Treaty Organization.

Warsaw Treaty (1955 May 14).

Warsaw Treaty.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 322 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2015.

Summary:

"The Warsaw Pact is generally regarded as a mere instrument of Soviet power. In the 1960s the alliance nevertheless evolved into a multilateral alliance, in which the non-Soviet Warsaw Pact members gained considerable scope for manoeuvre. This book examines to what extent the Warsaw Pact inadvertently provided its members with an opportunity to assert their own interests, emancipate themselves from the Soviet grip, and influence Soviet bloc policy. Laurien Crump traces this development through six thematic case studies, which deal with such well known events as the building of the Berlin Wall, the Sino-Soviet Split, the Vietnam War, the nuclear question, and the Prague Spring. By interpreting hitherto neglected archival evidence from archives in Berlin, Bucharest, and Rome, and approaching the Soviet alliance from a radically novel perspective, the book offers unexpected insights into international relations in Eastern Europe, while shedding new light on a pivotal period in the Cold War"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : reconsidering the Warsaw Pact

The Warsaw Pact in its infancy

The Warsaw Pact in the shadow of the Sino-Soviet

The Warsaw Pact compromised by the German question

Warsaw Pact reforms and Westpolitik

Gaullism in the Warsaw Pact : Ceausescu's challenge

The limits of emancipation : the Prague Spring

Closing ranks, while clashing with China

Conclusion : international relations in Eastern Europe reconsidered.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415690714

9780415690713

OCLC:

866614749

Publisher Number:

99962362817