From embargo to ostpolitik : the political economy of West German-Soviet relations, 1955-1980 / Angela Stent
1981, First Edition. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 328 pages; Physical description: xvi, 328p. ; 23cm. Summary: Professor Stent examines the development of Soviet-West German relations from both the Russian and German sides using extensive Soviet and West German sources. Hers is the first book in English to cover these topics. She has used a wide variety of materials including documents from the Kennedy administration and interviews with German government officials and business leaders. Subjects: East-West Trade (1945-) -- German reunification question (1949-1990) -- Germany, West -- Foreign economic relations -- Soviet Union. Contents: List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. The German problem and linkage politics; 2. The long road to moscow: the origins of linkage, 1955; 3. From diplomacy to trade: 1955-1958; 4. Trade and the Berlin crisis: 1958-1961; 5. The pipe embargo: 1962-1963; 6. The failure of linkage: 1964-1968; 7. Brandt's Ostpolitik and the Soviet response: 1969-1970; 8. From Moscow to Bonn: the consolidation of Ostpolitik and Westpolitik, 1970-1980; 9. Beyond Ostpolitik and Westpolitik: the economics of detente; 10. Normalization and the future of Soviet-West German relations; Notes; Bibliography; Index. Item #207038
ISBN: 0521236673
Price: €19.95