Introduction 1. Background to the Berlin Crisis, 1958-1960 A. Nikita Khrushchev’s Personality and Foreign Policy Objectives B. Harold Macmillan’s Personality and Foreign Policy Objectives C. Background to East-West Relations and the Berlin Problem 2. Soviet Policy on the Berlin Question, November 1958-February 1959 3. British Reaction to the Soviet Initiative on Berlin November 1958-February 1959 4. The Prime Minister’s Visit to the Soviet Union 21 February-3 March 1959 5. Britain Seeks to Convert her Allies to the Macmillan Initiative 6. The Geneva Foreign Ministers Conference 11 May-5 August 1959 7. East-West Negotiations on an Interim Agreement for West Berlin September 1959 until the Paris Summit Conference, May 1960 8. The U-2 Crisis May 1960 A. The Story Unfolds 1-16 May 1960 B. An Analysis of Soviet Reaction C. A Lost Opportunity. Conclusion
Biography
Kitty Newman gained her PhD at the London School of Economics for her research on the relations between Britain and the Soviet Union and the Search for an Interim Agreement on West Berlin from November 1958 to May 1960. She also holds a Diploma in Russian from the University of Surrey.
'...one of the best books on this period of history that I have read.'
Sergei Khrushchev (son of Nikita Khrushchev), Brown University, Rhode Island, USA'...a valuable contribution to the historiography of this critical cold war period and suggests a way for scholars to explore the dynamic relationships between the major figures of the period.'
Laura Madokoro, The International History Review'Dr Newman's lucid and thoroughly-researched account sheds significant new light on the role of Harold Macmillan in developing East-West detente in the late 1950s. She provides us with a much fuller picture than those who see the Cold War principally through the lens of Superpower relations.'
Prof. John W. Young, University of Nottingham, UK
'Dr Newman boldly suggests that in the late 1950s Khrushchev and Macmillan
both believed there was a real opportunity to open talks on the German
question. When these failed the Cold War continued. Only with access to
ex-Soviet archives and a nuanced understanding of Macmillan's aims, can
readers appreciate that lost moment in recent history.'
Prof. Anita Prazmowska, LSE, UK
