Imposing, maintaining, and tearing open the Iron Curtain : the Cold War and East-Central Europe, 1945-1989 / edited by Mark Kramer and Vít Smetana.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kramer, Mark.

Smetana, Vít, 1973-

Series:

The Harvard Cold War Studies Book Series

Harvard Cold War studies book series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cold War.

Europe, Eastern--Politics and government--1945-.

Europe, Eastern.

Europe, Eastern--Relations--Soviet Union.

Soviet Union--Relations--Europe, Eastern.

Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (583 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland ; Plymouth, England : Lexington Books, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Imposing, Maintaining, and Tearing Open the Iron Curtain: The Cold War and East-Central Europe, 1945-1989, edited by Mark Kramer and Vít Smetana, provides an in-depth survey of the origins, consolidation, slow erosion, and abrupt demise of the Cold War divisions in Europe after World War II. The contributors to this volume examine how the Cold War kept the continent divided for nearly 45 years, but ultimately came to a largely peaceful end, contrary to expectations.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: Central Europe and the Onset of the Iron Curtain; Chapter One: Stalin, Soviet Policy, and the Establishment of a Communist Bloc in Eastern Europe, 1941-1949; Chapter Two: The United States and Eastern Europe, 1943-1948; Chapter Three: Concessions or Conviction? Czechoslovakia's Road to the Cold War and the Soviet Bloc; Chapter Four: Hungary's Role in the Soviet Bloc, 1945-1956; Chapter Five: Stalin, the Split with Yugoslavia, and Soviet-East European Efforts to Reassert Control, 1948-1953; Chapter Six: Austria, Germany, and the Cold War, 1945-1955

Chapter Seven: Neutrality for Germany or Stabilization of the Eastern Bloc? New Evidence on the Decision-Making Process of the Stalin NoteII: The German Question and Intra-Bloc Politics in the Post-Stalin Era; Chapter Eight: The Berlin Wall: Looking Back on the History of the Wall Twenty Years After Its Fall; Chapter Nine: The German Problem and Security in Europe: Hindrance or Catalyst on the Path to 1989-1990?; Chapter Ten: Germany and East-Central Europe, 1945-1990: The View from London; Chapter Eleven: The German Question as Seen from Paris

Chapter Twelve: Cold War, Détente, and the Soviet Bloc: The Evolution of Intra-Bloc Foreign Policy Coordination, 1953-1975III: The Role of East-Central Europe in Ending the Cold War; Chapter Thirteen: Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and the Revolutions of 1989: American Myths Versus the Primary Sources; Chapter Fourteen: Moscow and Eastern Europe, 1988-1989: A Policy of Optimism and Caution; Chapter Fifteen: The Fall of the Wall, Eastern Europe, and Gorbachev's Vision of Europe after the Cold War; Chapter Sixteen: Pulling the Rug: East-Central Europe and the Implosion of East Germany

Chapter Seventeen: The Demise of the Soviet BlocIV: Long-Term Perspectives on the Cold War and Its End; Chapter Eighteen: Nuclear Weapons and the Cold War in Europe; Chapter Nineteen: Why Did the Cold War Last So Long?; Chapter Twenty: The End of Cold War as a Non-Linear Confluence; Chapter Twenty-one: Conspicuous Connections, 1968 and 1989; Chapter Twenty-two: 1989 in Historical Perspective: The Problem of Legitimation; Chapter Twenty-three: November 1989: From a Velvet Opening of Regime Change to a Revolutionary Outcome

Chapter Twenty-four: The End of the Cold War and the Transformation of Cold War History: A Tale of Two Conferences, 1988-1989About the Editors; About the Contributors; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4985-2051-0

0-7391-8186-6

OCLC:

865332192