Dynamic Détente

The United States and Europe, 1964–1975

AvStephan Kieninger

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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This book examines the dynamic evolution of Western détente policies which sought to transform Europe and overcome its Cold War division through more communication and engagement. Kieninger challenges the traditional Cold War narrative that détente prolonged the division of Europe and precipitated America’s decline in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. Rather, he argues that policymakers in the U.S. Department of State and in Western Europe envisaged the stability enabled by détente as a precondition for change, as Communist regimes saw a sense of security as a prerequisite for opening up their societies to Western influence over time. Kieninger identifies the Helsinki Accords, Lyndon Johnson’s bridge building, and Willy Brandt’s Ostpolitik as efforts aimed at constructive changes in Eastern Europe through a multiplication of contacts, communication, and cooperation on all societal levels. This study also illuminates the longevity of America’s policy of peaceful change against the background of the nuclear stalemate and the military status quo.

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Utgivningsdatum:2018-05-09
Mått:153 x 223 x 29 mm
Vikt:581 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Harvard Cold War Studies Book Series
Antal sidor:388
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781498532433

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Stephan Kieninger is a historian at the Federal German Archives.

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Kieninger’s account is persuasively argued and deeply researched.... Dynamic Détente is rooted in impressive archival and primary-source research in American state files and personal papers and a handful of German and North Atlantic Treaty Organization records.... [A] fine contribution to a growing body of work on U.S.-European relations and U.S. policy making that highlights the origins, complexities, and contradictions of détente

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Introduction: The United States and the Power of Dynamic Détente PoliciesPart I: The Evolution of America’s Transformation Strategy, 1947–1968Chapter 1: The Origins of America’s Transformation Approach in the Cold War, 1947–1963Chapter 2: “Thawing the Cold War”: Lyndon Johnson, Bridge Building, and the Search for Détente, 1964–1966Chapter 3: Peaceful Engagement and Plans for Europe’s Transformation, 1966–1968Part II: Setbacks and Survival: The Longevity of America’s Transformation Policy during the Nixon and Ford Years, 1969–1976Chapter 4: Power Politics: Richard Nixon’s and Henry Kissinger’s Concept for DétenteChapter 5: SALT: “Diverting the Arms Race into the Permitted Channels,” 1969–1976Chapter 6: “Do you want it done or do you want to have it talked about?”: NATO’s Policy on MBFR, 1970–1975Chapter 7: Ostpolitik and the Idea for a European Security Conference: Catalysts for the Continuation of the Transformation Policy, 1969–1972Chapter 8: Transformation or Status Quo?: CSCE, MBFR