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1 online resource (x, 208 pages) |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-199) and index. |
| 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 détente, 1968-1975 / Juhana Aunesluoma -- The Warsaw Pact, the German question and the birth of the CSCE process, 1961-1970 / Csaba Békés -- 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 Jarząbek -- 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. |
| 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 dtente. 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. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe.
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Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe. |
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European cooperation.
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Detente.
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Cold War.
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Germany (West) -- Foreign relations -- Europe, Eastern.
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Europe, Eastern -- Foreign relations -- Germany (West)
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Europe -- Politics and government -- 1945-
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General. |
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HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century. |
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Detente. |
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European cooperation. |
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Diplomatic relations. |
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Politics and government |
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Europe. |
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Eastern Europe. |
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Germany (West) |
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Cold War (1945-1989) |
| Chronological Term |
Since 1945 |
| Added Author |
Bange, Oliver, editor.
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Niedhart, Gottfried, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Helsinki 1975 and the transformation of Europe. New York : Berghahn Books, 2008 9781845454913 (DLC) 2008008213 |
| ISBN |
9780857450166 (electronic bk.) |
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0857450166 (electronic bk.) |
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9781845454913 (hbk. ; alk. paper) |
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184545491X (hbk. ; alk. paper) |
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