Helsinki 1975 and the transformation of Europe / edited by Oliver Bange and Gottfried Niedhart.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bange, Oliver.

Niedhart, Gottfried.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe.

European cooperation.

Detente.

Cold War.

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

Germany (West).

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

Europe, Eastern.

Europe--Politics and government--1945-.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

During the Cold War, it was in Europe that the conflict of a divided Germany reached a decisive turning point in the 1960s, leading to the era of détente. The Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), with its Final Act in Helsinki in August 1975 that incorporated the non-aligned and neutral states in Europe, led to a rapprochement between East and West in the fields of security, economy, and culture. This volume offers a pilot study in what the authors perceive as the key issues: the "German problem" (i.e., the recognition of the post-war territorial status quo) and the western

Contents:

An intricate web : Ostpolitik, the European security system and German unification / Oliver Bange

Peaceful change of frontiers as a crucial element in the West German strategy of transformation / Gottfried Niedhart

France and the German question in the context of Ostpolitik and CSCE, 1969-1974 / Marie-Pierre Rey

Transformation or status quo : the conflict of stratagems in Washington over the meaning and purpose of CSCE and MBFR, 1969-1973 / Stephan Kieninger

Britain, the German question and the transformation of Europe : from Ostpolitik to the Helsinki Conference, 1963-1975 / Luca Ratti

Finlandisation in reverse : the CSCE and the rise and fall of economic detente, 1968-1975 / Juhana Aunesluoma

The Warsaw Pact, the German question and the birth of the CSCE process, 1961-1970 / Csaba Bekes

Romania, Ostpolitik and CSCE, 1967-1975 / Mihail E. Ionescu

Preserving the status quo or promoting change : the role of the CSCE in the perception of the Polish authorities / Wanda Jarzabek

Bulgaria, Balkan diplomacy and the road to Helsinki / Kostadin Grozev and Jordan Baev

Unintended consequences : Soviet interests, expectations and reactions to the Helsinki Final Act / Svetlana Savranskaya.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-199) and index.

ISBN:

9786612626685

9781282626683

128262668X

9780857450166

0857450166

OCLC:

645100711