Peter Van Ham

Western Doctrines on East-West Trade

Theory, History and Policy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

East-West trade and technology transfer have always been linked to the issue of "national security". The author identifies many different Western doctrines on East-West trade, demonstrating that two basic belief systems underly these doctrines.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-349-12612-5
• 1st ed. 1992
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1992
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 370g
• ISBN-13: 9781349126125
• ISBN-10: 1349126128
• Artikelnr.: 44461743

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Economic interdependence; the functionalist view on East-West economic relations - the origins of economic interdependence - a historical note on peace through trade; Lloyd George's option - trading the Soviets into civilization; creating trust and understanding - aid to the Soviet Union; economic convergence - "these things too shall pass away"; economic interdependence as a strategy - German Osptolitic since the late 1960s. Part 2 Economic Containment - the strategic view on East-West economic relations: the origins of economic containment - from "Cordon Sanitaire" to Iron Curtain; economic security and the Cold War - selective peace and prosperity; economic warfare - better safe than sorry; the strategic embargo - Western economic defence; economic linkage - what to link?; economic strategies of differentiation - evoking the Yalta myth.