Despite the consensus that economic diplomacy played a crucial role in ending the Cold War, very little research has been done on the economic diplomacy during the crucial decades of the 1970s and 1980s. This book fills the gap by exploring the complex interweaving of East-West political and economic diplomacies in the pursuit of detente.
Despite the consensus that economic diplomacy played a crucial role in ending the Cold War, very little research has been done on the economic diplomacy during the crucial decades of the 1970s and 1980s. This book fills the gap by exploring the complex interweaving of East-West political and economic diplomacies in the pursuit of detente.
Werner D. Lippert is an Assistant Professor of History and a Fellow at the John P Murtha Institute for Homeland Security at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He received his Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University. His research interests include Cold War diplomacy, alliance politics, and East-West trade. He is currently working on NATO policies and international energy security in the 21st century with a particular emphasis on political dependencies caused by natural gas imports and exports.
Inhaltsangabe
Prelude Chapter 1. Détente, Trade, and the Alliance in the 1960s. * Pro-American Ostpolitik - nothing but East-West trade * Kennedy's Use of East-West trade as a Political Tool * The Busted Pipeline Deal of 1962 * Johnson's Ambivalence to East-West trade * Brandt's Ostpolitik is forming Chapter 2. Of Honeymoons and Idealism (1968-1970) * Nixon's Vision of a Responsible Europe * Exploring Osthandel in 1968/9 * Domestic and International Dissent to a new Osthandel * Nixon's concepts on East-West trade * Initial Ostpolitik: Brandt's Honeymoon Period * The first Gas-Pipeline Deal * The Inter-German Summit Meeting: The Rude Awakening * >Ostpolitik in April 1970 * Eastern Dilemmas with Détente Chapter 3. Westhandel and the Alliance (1970-1972) * The Need for Soviet Westhandel * Western Imports: The Kama River Plant * Soviet Exports: Energy Resources * The German Paradigm Shift of the Soviet Union towards a "Normal" State * Using Westhandel as a Wedge in NATO * Clashes within the Alliance over East-West Trade * West Berlin, Trade, and the Eastern Treaties * An Independent West-German Diplomacy? Chapter 4. The Origins of NATO's Energy Dilemma (1972-1974) * Superpower Détente * Systemic Shifts in the Soviet Union * Ostpolitik in the Crossfire * The Brezhnev Summits in Germany and the U.S. * Cementing Superpower Detente and the Middle East Crisis * The Transatlantic Rift Emerges * Reviving West European-Soviet Trade Chapter 5. Helsinki and the Fall of Détente (1975-1982) * The Blessing and the Curse * West Germany as the Villain * Ford's Lack of Direction * Jimmy Carter's Human Rights Campaign * Afghanistan Crisis and Carter's Embargo * Reagan's Push for Alliance Solidarity Conclusion: A Permanent Energy Dilemma for the West? Bibliography Notes
Prelude Chapter 1. Détente, Trade, and the Alliance in the 1960s. * Pro-American Ostpolitik - nothing but East-West trade * Kennedy's Use of East-West trade as a Political Tool * The Busted Pipeline Deal of 1962 * Johnson's Ambivalence to East-West trade * Brandt's Ostpolitik is forming Chapter 2. Of Honeymoons and Idealism (1968-1970) * Nixon's Vision of a Responsible Europe * Exploring Osthandel in 1968/9 * Domestic and International Dissent to a new Osthandel * Nixon's concepts on East-West trade * Initial Ostpolitik: Brandt's Honeymoon Period * The first Gas-Pipeline Deal * The Inter-German Summit Meeting: The Rude Awakening * >Ostpolitik in April 1970 * Eastern Dilemmas with Détente Chapter 3. Westhandel and the Alliance (1970-1972) * The Need for Soviet Westhandel * Western Imports: The Kama River Plant * Soviet Exports: Energy Resources * The German Paradigm Shift of the Soviet Union towards a "Normal" State * Using Westhandel as a Wedge in NATO * Clashes within the Alliance over East-West Trade * West Berlin, Trade, and the Eastern Treaties * An Independent West-German Diplomacy? Chapter 4. The Origins of NATO's Energy Dilemma (1972-1974) * Superpower Détente * Systemic Shifts in the Soviet Union * Ostpolitik in the Crossfire * The Brezhnev Summits in Germany and the U.S. * Cementing Superpower Detente and the Middle East Crisis * The Transatlantic Rift Emerges * Reviving West European-Soviet Trade Chapter 5. Helsinki and the Fall of Détente (1975-1982) * The Blessing and the Curse * West Germany as the Villain * Ford's Lack of Direction * Jimmy Carter's Human Rights Campaign * Afghanistan Crisis and Carter's Embargo * Reagan's Push for Alliance Solidarity Conclusion: A Permanent Energy Dilemma for the West? Bibliography Notes
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