Richard D. Williamson

First Steps toward Détente

American Diplomacy in the Berlin Crisis, 1958-1963

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is a history of negotiations associated with the Berlin crisis from 1958-1963. Events include Khrushchev's visit to the United States in 1959, the Paris 1960 and Vienna 1961 summits, the stalemate at Checkpoint Charlie, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Limited Test Ban Treaty-all linked by ongoing diplomatic activities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 592g
• ISBN-13: 9780739168806
• ISBN-10: 0739168800
• Artikelnr.: 35054793

Autorenporträt

By Richard D. Williamson

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction: First Steps to Détente Prologue: The US
USSR
and Berlin
1953-1958 Chapter 1: "A Free City
Khrushchev's November Proposals
Allied Response
and a Foreign Minister's Conference
" November 1958-May 1959 Chapter 2: "Seeking a Summit
" Khrushchev's US Visit
Western Heads of State Meeting
the U-2 incident
and the Paris Summit June 1959-December 1960 Chapter 3: "Vienna & the Wall
" Kennedy's First Months
Vienna Summit
the Acheson Plan
and the Berlin Wall
January-August 1961 Chapter 4: "Salami Tactics
" Allied Collapse
Kennedy's Private Approach
and Showdown at Checkpoint Charlie
September - December 1961 Chapter 5: "Vital Interests
" Thompson-Gromyko in Moscow
Rusk-Gromyko in Geneva
and Rusk-Dobrynin in Washington
Geneva ENDC Sessions
and Soviet Missiles in Cuba
January-August 1962 Chapter 6: "A Slippery Slope
" New Harassment in Berlin
the Cuban Missile Crisis
Allied Estrangement
and the Limited Test Ban Treaty
September 1962-November 1963 Summary: American Diplomacy in the Berlin Crisis Bibliography