Cold War History
The Crisis of Détente in Europe: From Helsinki to Gorbachev 1975-1985
1st Edition
Edited
By Leopoldo Nuti
December 06, 2010
This edited volume is the first detailed exploration of the last phase of the Cold War, taking a critical look at the crisis of détente in Europe in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The transition from détente to a new phase of harsh confrontation and severe crises is an interesting, indeed crucial,...
European Integration and the Cold War: Ostpolitik-Westpolitik, 1965-1973
1st Edition
Edited
By N. Piers Ludlow
November 26, 2009
This edited volume uses newly released archival material to show linkages between the development of the European Union and the Cold War. Containing essays by well-known Cold War scholars such as Jussi Hanhimaki, Wilfried Loth and Piers Ludlow, the book looks at: France, where neither de Gaulle ...
The Baltic Question during the Cold War
1st Edition
Edited
By John Hiden, Vahur Made, David J. Smith
November 26, 2009
This edited volume presents a comprehensive analysis of the ‘Baltic question’, which arose within the context of the Cold War, and which has previously received little attention. This volume brings together a group of international specialists on the international history of northern Europe. It ...
Europe and the End of the Cold War: A Reappraisal
1st Edition
Edited
By Frederic Bozo, Marie-Pierre Rey, N. Piers Ludlow, Leopoldo Nuti
July 24, 2009
This book seeks to reassess the role of Europe in the end of the Cold War and the process of German unification. Much of the existing literature on the end of the Cold War has focused primarily on the role of the superpowers and on that of the US in particular. This edited volume seeks to re-direct...
The Emergence of Détente in Europe: Brandt, Kennedy and the Formation of Ostpolitik
1st Edition
By Arne Hofmann
June 29, 2009
This book examines the key relationship between Willy Brandt (the former Mayor of West Berlin and future West German Chancellor) and the administration of President John F. Kennedy. Arne Hofmann focuses on the administration’s influence on the development of Brandt’s ‘policy of small steps’ and ...
The Cold War in the Middle East: Regional Conflict and the Superpowers 1967-73
1st Edition
Edited
By Nigel J. Ashton
March 05, 2009
This edited volume re-assesses the relationship between the United States, the Soviet Union and key regional players in waging and halting conflict in the Middle East between 1967 and 1973. These were pivotal years in the Arab-Israeli conflict, with the effects still very much in evidence today. ...
The European Community and the Crises of the 1960s: Negotiating the Gaullist Challenge
1st Edition
By N. Piers Ludlow
September 21, 2007
A new and detailed study of the European Community's development between 1963 and 1969, with a special focus on the struggle between France and its EC partners over the purpose, structure and membership of the emerging European Community. On all three, French President Charles de Gaulle held ...
The Third Indochina War: Conflict between China, Vietnam and Cambodia, 1972-79
1st Edition
Edited
By Odd Arne Westad, Sophie Quinn-Judge
June 23, 2006
This new collection explores the origins and key issues of the Third Indochina War, which began in 1979. Drawing on unique documentation from all sides, leading contributors reinterpret and demystify the long-term and immediate causes of the Vietnamese-Cambodian and Sino-Vietnamese ...
Soviet-Vietnam Relations and the Role of China 1949-64: Changing Alliances
1st Edition
By Mari Olsen
January 30, 2006
This new book analyzes how the Soviet leadership evaluated developments in Soviet-Vietnamese relations in the years from 1949 to 1964. Focusing on how Soviet leaders actually perceived China’s role in Vietnam relative to the Soviet role, it shows how these perceptions influenced the...
Reinterpreting the End of the Cold War: Issues, Interpretations, Periodizations
1st Edition
Edited
By Silvio Pons, Federico Romero
December 23, 2004
As the activities of individuals, organizations, and nations increasingly occur in cyberspace, the security of those activities is becoming a growing concern. Political, economic and military leaders must manage and reduce the level of risk associated with threats from hostile states, malevolent ...
The Last Decade of the Cold War: From Conflict Escalation to Conflict Transformation
1st Edition
Edited
By Olav Njolstad
May 18, 2004
The 1980s was a period of almost unprecedented rivalry and tension between the two main actors in the East-West conflict, the United States and the Soviet Union. Why and how that conflict first escalated and thereafter, in an amazingly swift process, was reversed and brought to its peaceful ...
Across the Blocs: Exploring Comparative Cold War Cultural and Social History
1st Edition
Edited
By Patrick Major, Rana Mitter
February 20, 2004
This book asks the reader to reassess the Cold War not just as superpower conflict and high diplomacy, but as social and cultural history. It makes cross-cultural comparisons of the socio cultural aspects of the Cold War across the East/West block divide, dealing with issues including broadcasting,...