Stephan Kieninger

The Diplomacy of Détente

Cooperative Security Policies from Helmut Schmidt to George Shultz

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Produktbeschreibung

This book investigates the underlying reasons for the longevity of détente and its impact on East-West relations. The volume examines the relevance of trade across the Iron Curtain as a means to facilitate mutual trust, as well as the emergence of new habits of transparency regardless of recurring military crises. A major theme of the book concerns Helmut Schmidt's foreign policy and his contribution to the resilience of cooperative security policies in East-West relations. It examines Schmidt's crucial role in the Euromissile crisis, his Ostpolitik diplomacy and his pan-European trade initiatives to engage the Soviet Union in a joint perspective of trade, industry and technology. Another key theme concerns the crisis in US-Soviet relations and the challenges of meaningful leadership communication between Washington and Moscow in the absence of backchannel diplomacy during the Carter years. The book depicts the freeze in US-Soviet relations after the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan, the declaration of martial law in Poland, and Helmut Schmidt's efforts to serve as a mediator and interpreter working for a relaunch of US-Soviet dialogue. Eventually, the book highlights George Shultz's pivotal role in the Reagan Administration's efforts to improve US-Soviet relations, well before Mikhail Gorbachev's arrival. This book will be of interest to students of Cold War studies, diplomatic history, foreign policy and international relations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. August 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 368g
• ISBN-13: 9780367590345
• ISBN-10: 0367590344
• Artikelnr.: 60041598

Autorenporträt

Stephan Kieninger is an independent historian and the author of Dynamic Détente: The United States and Europe, 1964-1975 (2016).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Helmut Schmidt, George Shultz and the Longevity of Détente 1.
Trade and the Resilience of Détente. Helmut Schmidt and the Economic
Dimension of Ostpolitik, 1974-1976 2. Ostpolitik as "Diplomatic Cathedral
Building". Détente in Europe and the Crisis in US-Soviet Relations,
1977-1979 3. Trade against the Return of the Cold War. The Construction of
the Urengoy Pipeline and the Long Détente, 1980-1982 4. Gardening and
Reengagement. US-Soviet Cooperation and the Transformation of East-West
Relations Amidst Crisis, 1983-1985 Conclusion and Outlook. Very Long
Détente instead of Cold War Endgame