The Soviet Union and Cold War Neutrality and Nonalignment in Europe

Mark Kramer is director of Cold War studies at Harvard University and senior fellow at Harvards Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies. Aryo Makko is pro futura scientia fellow at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS), professor of history at Stockholm University, and director of the Hans Blix Centre for the History of International Relations. Peter Ruggenthaler is deputy director and senior research fellow at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Research on Wars Consequences.

PART I. Theories and Practices of Neutrality in Cold War Europe Chapter 1: Austrias Neutrality Myth versus Reality Chapter 3: Swedish Neutrality, 194991 Chapter 4: Swiss Cold War Neutrality: Undisputed Principle of Foreign Policy PART II. The Neutrals in Soviet Policy from Stalin to Gorbachev Chapter 5: Swedish Neutrality: The View from Moscow Chapter 6: Soviet Attitudes to Finnish Neutralism, 19471989 Chapter 7: A Hidden Danger for the Eastern Bloc? Neutral Austria in the Soviet Policy from 1955 to the End of the Cold War Chapter 8: The Soviet Union and Neutral Switzerland: Concerns and Hopes in 1989 PART III. The Soviet Union in the Policies of the European Neutrals Chapter 9: Old Fears, New Realities: Sweden and the Soviet Union during the Cold War Chapter 10: From Aspiration to Consummation and Transition: Finnish Neutrality as Strategy in the Cold War Chapter 11: Infinite Coexistence? Austria, the Soviet Union, and Ostpolitik after 1968 Chapter 12: Always Hit Back Right on the Kisser? The Soviet Union in Swiss Foreign Policy during the Cold War PART IV. Departures from the Eastern Bloc to Neutrality Chapter 13: Soviet-Yugoslav Relations, 19481955: From Conflict to Rapprochement Chapter 14: The Neutrality of Hungary during the 1956 Revolution Chapter 15: Albania: Exploiting Relevance and Irrelevance During the Cold War Chapter 16: How Could the Non-Aligned Save Yugoslavia? The 1989 Summit of the Non-Aligned Countries in Belgrade and the Breakup of Yugoslavia PART V. Western Perspectives on Neutrality and Neutral-Soviet Relations Chapter 17: The United States and Neutrality in Scandinavia Chapter 18: United States and Austrian Neutrality during the Cold War Chapter 19: The United Kingdom and the European Neutrals during the Cold War Chapter 20: France, the European Neutrals and the USSR, 19471981 Chapter 21: Neutrality in the Cold War: A View from West Germany Chapter 22: NATO and the Neutrals on the Flanks: Finland, Sweden and Yugoslavia