Luca Ratti

Not-So-Special Relationship (eBook, ePUB)

The US, The UK and German Unification, 1945-1990

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Produktbeschreibung

Germany's unification in October 1990 was one of the most momentous events in modern European history and world politics since the end of World War II. German unity ended the Cold War in Europe, accelerated the collapse of communist regimes across Eastern Europe, and the disintegration of the USSR in 1991. It also triggered NATO's transformation at the London and Rome summits of the Alliance and deepened Europe's political and economic integration with the signing of the treaty of Maastricht in 1992. This book offers new insights into the role that the Anglo-American 'special relationship' played in this process, and examines the impact that Germany's reunification had on Anglo-American and transatlantic relations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780748680160
• Artikelnr.: 50216159

Autorenporträt

Luca Ratti is Associate Professor in History of International Relations at the University of Rome 3. He holds a PhD in International Relations from the University of Cardiff and also teaches International Relations at the American University of Rome. He has written extensively on post-World War Two international history, specifically on U.S.-European relations, NATO's evolution and eastern enlargement, European security and defense policies, and international relations theory.

Inhaltsangabe

Part One: The 'Special Relationship'and the German question during the Cold
War
1. The U.S., the UK, and the German question from the first Cold War to
détente (1945-1961)
1.1 The 'Special Relationship' and Germany from Potsdam to the Federal
Republic's establishment
1.2 The Federal Republic's Western integration: the Anglo-American allies
and German rearmament
1.3 The 'Special Relationship' and Germany before and after the 1953 East
German riots
1.4 The 'Special Relationship' and Germany from 1955 to the second Berlin
crisis
2. The U.S., the UK and the German question from détente to the second Cold
War (1961-1985)
2.1 The 'Special Relationship' and the Federal Republic's Ostpolitik
(1961-1973)
2.2 The 'Special Relationship', the GDR, and the CSCE
2.3 The US, the UK, the German question and the second Cold War
2.4 The 'Special Relationship' and the FRG in the early 1980s
3. The US, the UK and the German question at the Cold War's end (1985-1989)
3.1 Anglo-American reactions to the prospect of change in Germany
(1985-1988)
3.2 The GDR's crisis, the fall of the Wall, and the Anglo-American schism
3.3 US-West German convergence: Kohl's blueprint and Baker's response
Part Two: Anglo-American relations and the diplomacy of German unification
(1989-1990)
4. The US, the UK, and German unification
4.1 The 'Special Relationship' evaporates: Britain's search for a European
bloc
4.2 On the road to unification: 'Two plus Four' rather than 'Two plus Zero'
4.3 The not so 'Special Relationship': Ottawa and US rejection of a
strengthened CSCE role
4.4 The issue of a peace settlement: Anglo-American differences of tone and
substance
5. The US, the UK, and German unification within NATO
5.1 Germany's relationship with NATO and Britain's alignment with US
positions
5.2 The US, Germany, and the Camp David summit
5.3 Anglo-German tension and Thatcher's growing isolation
5.4 The 'Special Relationship' and Germany's place in the Atlantic Alliance
5.5 Anglo-American views about the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA)
Conclusions: Still a 'Special Relationship' after Unification?