Table of Contents

Introduction Part 1: Willy Brandt and John F. Kennedy, 1960–1963 1. ‘New Frontier’: From the Kennedy Campaign to the First Meeting, 1960 – March 1961 2. ‘Almost Like Brothers’?: The First Meeting Between the Mayor and the President, March 1961 3. ‘Essentials’?: From the First Meeting to the Berlin Wall 4. ‘Mending Wall’: Brandt, Kennedy, Johnson and the Berlin Wall 5. In Search of a Modus Vivendi: Willy Brandt and Kennedy’s Quest for a Berlin Agreement 6. From Crisis to Détente: The Autumn of 1962 7. ‘Nineteen Sixty-Three’: The Pinnacle of the Brandt–Kennedy Alliance and the First Steps Towards Détente Part 2: Small Steps Towards New Frontiers? Values, Ideas, Concepts and the Emergence of a Détente Strategy 1. From World View to Détente Strategy: Coexistence, Transformation and Conceptual Concordance 2. The Intricacies of the Status Quo: Modes of Change and Conceptual Difference 3. Towards a New German Policy: Dealing with the East and Conceptual Adaptation Part 3: Domestic and International Politics Between Berlin, Bonn and Washington 1. Playing the Triangle 2. Selling Candidates and Policies: Images, Campaigning and the Promotion of a New Policy. Conclusion