Dealing with the devil : East Germany, detente, and Ostpolitik, 1969-1973 / M.E. Sarotte.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sarotte, M. E.

Series:

New Cold War history.

The new Cold War history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Detente.

Germany (East)--Politics and government.

Germany (East).

Germany (West)--Foreign relations--Europe, Eastern.

Germany (West).

Europe, Eastern--Foreign relations--Germany (West).

Europe, Eastern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 295 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Using new archival sources--including previously secret documents of the East German secret police and Communist Party--M. E. Sarotte goes behind the scenes of Cold War Germany during the era of detente, as East and West tried negotiation instead of confrontation to settle their differences. In Dealing with the Devil, she explores the motives of the German Democratic Republic and its Soviet backers in responding to both the detente initiatives, or Ostpolitik, of West Germany and the foreign policy of the United States under President Nixon.

Contents:

Preface; Note on Usage; Abbreviations; Introduction: Opposing Devils; 1. Setting the Stage in 1969; 2. Speaking Civilly Face-to-Face in the First Half of 1970; 3. Discovering the Perils of Bargaining in the Secon Half of 1970; 4. Expediting Negotiations in 1971; 5. Achieving Initial Aims in 1971-1972; 6. Sealing the Bargain in 1972-1973; Conclusion: The Costs of Dealing with the Devil; Note on Sources: The Bureaucracy of Evil; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-287) and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

979-88-908726-1-6

0-8078-6027-1

OCLC:

476268710