1st Edition
The Long Détente Changing Concepts of Security and Cooperation in Europe, 1950s-1980s
370 Pages
by
Central European University Press
This book presents pieces of evidence, which – taken together – lead to an argument that goes against the grain of the established Cold War narrative. The argument is that a “long détente” existed between East and West from the 1950s to the 1980s, that it existed and lasted for good (economic, national security, societal) reasons, and that it had a profound impact on the outcome of the conflict... Read more
Acronyms and Abbreviations, Introduction Oliver Bange and Poul VillaumePART I: Long Perspectives On Détente 1 East-West Conflict: Short Cold War and Long Détente An Essay on Terminology and Periodization Gottfried Niedhart 2 The Long Détente and the Soviet Bloc, 1953-1983 Csaba BékésPART II: East-West Trade 1 Soviet Snowdrops in the Ice Age? The Surprising Attempt of an Early Economic Détente in 1952 Mikhail Lipkin 2 European Long-Term Investments in Détente The Implications of East-West Economic Cooperation Werner LippertPART III: The Inextractability of External and Domestic Security 1 No End to Political Ideological Diversion The Stasi Perspective as Circumstantial Evidence for a Long Détente Oliver Bange 2 New Security Concepts and Transnational Party Networks, 1976-1983. The Socialist International, Scandilux, and the Overcoming of the Crisis of Détente Rasmus MariagerPART IV: Détente in Europe: Change in Perceptions 1 Continuity and Transformation Alternate Visions of Italy's Three Decades of Détente Laura Fasanaro 2 Perception of the Other: Kremlinologists and Westerners East and West German Analysts and Their Mutual Perceptions, 1977-1985 Sabine Loewe-HannatzschPART V: Détente in Europe: Change in Diplomatic Framings 1 Pathfinders and Perpetuators of Détente Small States of NATO and the Long Détente: The Case of Denmark, 1969-1989 Poul Villaume 2 Overcoming the Crisis of Détente, 1979-1983 Coordinating Eastern Policies between Paris, Bonn, and London Christian WenkelPART VI: The U.S. Story: from Cooperation to Confrontation and Back 1 Lyndon B. Johnson and the Building of East-West Bridges Catching Up with Détente in Europe, 1963-1966 Gry Thomasen 2 Between Power Politics and Morality The United States, the Long Détente, and the Transformation of Europe, 1969-1985 Stephan KieningerSelect Bibliography, Index, About the Editors and Contributors.
Biography
Oliver Bange is senior historian at the Centre for Military History and Social Sciences, German Armed Forces, in Potsdam and lecturer at the University of Mannheim.
Poul Villaume is professor of contemporary history at the Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen.