Overcoming the Cold War: A History of Détente, 1950-1991

by W. Loth, Robert F. Hogg, Saki Dockrill

Overview

This book offers a major new interpretation of the Cold War and how its aftermath shaped the course of history. The history of the Cold War is more than the history of a confrontation. There is also a need to look into why the Cold War did not become more heated, and how it was finally overcome. Wilfried Loth's book examines both these issues. It is a story about the containment of the Cold War, of détente, of the development of cooperative security, and of the changes in the Soviet bloc. The book offers new information taken from Eastern and Western archives, and for the first time draws a precise and detailed overall picture of how the Cold War was overcome.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333971116
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	12/18/2001
Series:	Cold War History Series
Edition description:	2001
Pages:	268
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

WILFRIED LOTH is Professor of Modern History at the University of Essen and Chairman of the European Union Liaison Committee of Historians. He has published widely on the history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. His books include The Division of the World, 1941-1955 and Stalin's Unwanted Child: The Soviet Union, the German Question and the Founding of the GDR.

Table of Contents

Foreword List of Abbreviations Between Neutralization and Bloc Information De-escalation of the Cold War Krushchev and Kennedy Visions Along the Way The Time of the Treaties The Decline of Détente Dark Times The End of the East-West Conflict Balance: Fear and the Ways of Freedom Notes Index

Editorial Reviews

'An extremely knowledgeable and fluently written account of international politics in the Cold War.' - Wolfgang Krieger, Das Historisch-Politische Buch

'...for the knowledgeable reader, it offers a first-rate history of the international relationship known as detente.' - Choice

From the Publisher

An extremely knowledgeable and fluently written account of international politics in the Cold War.

Wolfgang Krieger