The long detente : changing concepts of security and cooperation in Europe, 1950s-1980s / editors, Oliver Bange, Poul Villaume.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Villaume, Poul, editor of compilation.

Bange, Oliver, editor of compilation.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

East and West--History--20th century.

East and West.

Great powers--History--20th century.

Great powers.

International cooperation--History--20th century.

International cooperation.

Detente--History--20th century.

Detente.

National security--Europe--History--20th century.

National security.

Europe--Foreign relations--1945-.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (372 pages) : illustrations

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2017

Place of Publication:

New York : Central European University Press, 2016.

Summary:

"This book sets out to discuss what has been termed as the 'second Cold War,' that is, the deterioration of superpower-relations in the late 1970s and 1980s. Its goal is to present the European perspective on this period. As such, it is a collection of pieces of evidence, which--taken together--leads to an argument that goes against the grain of the established narrative. This is the argument that a 'long detente' existed between East and West, that it existed and lasted for good (economic, security-political, societal) reason, and that it had a profound impact on the eventual outcome of the conflict between East and West and the quintessentially peaceful framework in which this 'endgame' was played. The attractiveness of the book stems from its combination of profound research, resulting in an argument that runs against the grain of conventional wisdom"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction / Oliver Bange and Poul Villaume

Part I. Long perspectives on detente

East-West conflict : short Cold War and long detente : an essay on terminology and periodization / Gottfried Niedhart

The long detente and the Soviet Bloc, 1953-1983 / Csaba Bekes

Part II. East-West trade

Soviet snowdrops in the Ice Age? : the surprising attempt of an early economic detente in 1952 / Mikhail Lipkin

European long-term investments in detente : the implications of East-West economic cooperation / Werner Lippert

Part III. The inextractability of external and domestic security

No end to "political ideological diversion" : the Stasi perspective as circumstantial evidence for a long detente / Oliver Bange

New security concepts and transnational party networks, 1976-1983 : the socialist international, Scandilux, and the overcoming of the crisis of detente / Rasmus Mariager

Part IV. Detente in Europe : change in perceptions

Continuity and transformation : alternate visions of Italy's three decades of detente / Laura Fasanaro

Perception of the other : "Kremlinologists" and "Westerners" : East and West German analysts and their mutual perceptions, 1977-1985 / Sabine Loewe-Hannatzsch

Part V. Detente in Europe : change in diplomatic framings

Pathfinders and perpetuators of detente : small states of NATO and the long detente : the case of Denmark, 1969-1989 / Poul Villaume

Overcoming the crisis of detente, 1979-1983 : coordinating Eastern policies between Paris, Bonn, and London / Christian Wenkel

Part VI. The U.S. story : from cooperation to confrontation and back

Lyndon B. Johnson and the building of East-West bridges : catching up with detente in Europe, 1963-1966 / Gry Thomasen

Between power politics and morality : the United States, the long detente, and the transformation of Europe, 1969-1985 / Stephan Kieninger.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-003-72271-7

963-386-223-X

963-386-129-2

9781003722717

OCLC:

978539375