The economic diplomacy of Ostpolitik : origins of NATO's energy dilemma / Werner D. Lippert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lippert, Werner D., 1972-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cold War--Economic aspects.

Cold War.

Diplomacy--Economic aspects.

Diplomacy.

Germany (West)--Foreign economic relations--Soviet Union.

Germany (West).

Soviet Union--Foreign economic relations--Germany (West).

Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Despite the consensus that economic diplomacy played a crucial role in ending the Cold War, very little research has been done on the economic diplomacy during the crucial decades of the 1970s and 1980s. This book fills the gap by exploring the complex interweaving of East-West political and economic diplomacies in the pursuit of détente. The focus on German chancellor Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik reveals how its success was rooted in the usage of energy trade and high tech exchanges with the Soviet Union. His policies and visions are contrasted with those of U.S. President Richard Nixon and the

Contents:

ch. 1. Detente, trade, and the alliance

ch. 2. Of honeymoons and idealism (1968-1970)

ch. 3. Westhandel and the alliance (1970-1972)

ch. 4. The origins of NATO's energy dilemma (1972-1974)

ch. 5. Helsinki and the fall of Detente (1975-1982)

ch. 6. Conclusion : a permanent energy dilemma for the west?

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781845455743

1845455746

OCLC:

727649495