Russia and Germany reborn : unification, the Soviet collapse, and the new Europe / Angela E. Stent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stent, Angela.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National security--Europe.

National security.

World politics--1989-.

World politics.

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--Germany.

Soviet Union.

Germany--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.

Germany.

Russia (Federation)--Foreign relations--Germany.

Russia (Federation).

Germany--Foreign relations--Russia (Federation).

Germany--History--Unification, 1990.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (325 p.)

Edition:

Core Textbook

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The relationship between Russia and Germany has been pivotal in some of the most fateful events of the twentieth century: the two World Wars, the Cold War, and the emergence of a new Europe from the ashes of communism. This is the first book to examine the recent evolution of that tense and often violent relationship from both the Russian and German perspectives. Angela Stent combines interviews with key international figures--including Mikhail Gorbachev--with insights gleaned from newly declassified archives in East Germany and her own profound understanding of Russian-German relations. She presents a remarkable review of the events and trends of the past three decades: the onset of d tente, the unification of Germany, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the rise of an uncertain new European order. Stent reveals the chaos and ambivalence behind the Soviet negotiating strategy that led--against Gorbachev's wishes--to that old Soviet nightmare, a united Germany in NATO. She shows how German strength and Russian weakness have governed the delicate dance of power between recently unified Germany and newly democratized Russia. Finally, she lays out several scenarios for the future of Russian-German relations--some optimistic and others darkened by the threat of a new authoritarianism. Russia and Germany Reborn is crucial reading for anyone interested in a relationship that changed the course of the twentieth century and that will have a powerful impact on the next.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations and Transliteration

One. Comrades in Misfortune: The USSR and Germany, 1917-1970

Two. Prelude to Unification: Moscow and Bonn in the D´etente Era

Three. Rethinking the German Question: Gorbachev and the Two Germanies, 1985-1988

Four. Wir Sind Ein Volk: Germany Unites

Five. United Germany and NATO: The Kremlin Decides

Six. Implementing Unification: Russia and Germany, 1992-1997

Seven. National Identity and Foreign Policy after Communism

Eight. Russia and Germany in the New Europe

Nine. Russia and Germany in the Twenty-First Century

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-291) and index.

ISBN:

9786612753602

9781400807697

1400807697

9781400807680

1400807689

9781400822805

1400822807

9781282753600

1282753606

9781400813513

1400813514

OCLC:

705527058