| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 238 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Détente, 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 Détente (1975-1982) -- ch. 6. Conclusion : a permanent energy dilemma for the west? |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cold War -- Economic aspects.
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Cold War (1945-1989) |
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Diplomacy -- Economic aspects.
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Diplomacy. |
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Germany (West) -- Foreign economic relations -- Soviet Union.
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Germany (West) |
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International economic relations. |
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Soviet Union. |
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Soviet Union -- Foreign economic relations -- Germany (West)
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- Economics. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- General. |
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HISTORY -- General. |
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Economics. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lippert, Werner D., 1972- Economic diplomacy of Ostpolitik. New York : Berghahn Books, 2010 (DLC) 2010023972 |
| ISBN |
9781845455743 (electronic book) |
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1845455746 (electronic book) |
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9781845457501 (alkaline paper) |
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