{"product_id":"9798765167717","title":"West German Ostpolitik, the Soviet Union, and East-West Détente in Europe","description":"\u003ch3\u003eHarvard Cold War Studies Book Series\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eWest German Ostpolitik, the Soviet Union, and East-West Détente in Europe\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMichael Borchard | Stefan Karner | Peter Ruggenthaler | Hanns Jürgen Küsters\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Europe \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWest German Ostpolitik, the Soviet Union, and East-West Détente in Europe \u003c\/i\u003eexplores how the détente policy changed the character of the Cold War.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Moscow files, now opened for the first time show 50 years later, reveal new insights and implications into the creation and implementation of the détente policy. This collection offers a detailed examination of European security from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s with focus on five areas: 1) the first stirrings of détente in West German-Soviet relations, the framework conditions of domestic and foreign policy on the two sides and the extent to which interests ultimately enshrined in treaties were contradictory and\/or compatible; 2) the preconditions of détente in the first half of the Brezhnev era; 3) economic interests as a driving force of political change; 4) the consequences of the Treaty of Moscow for East European states; and 5) the consequences of the Transatlantic partnership. The contributors highlight the complexity of domestic and international considerations that produced Ostpolitik and the subsequent emergence of long-term East-West détente in Europe, while offering the argument that Eastern policies and détente only came to fruition after the climax of the Cold War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Borchard\u003c\/b\u003e is Head of the Department of Scientific Services and Archive for Christian Democratic Politics at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStefan Karner\u003c\/b\u003e is Director of the Institute for Economic, Social and Business History at the University of Graz.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHanns Jürgen Küsters\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of political science and contemporary history at the University of Bonn.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Ruggenthaler\u003c\/b\u003e is Deputy Director and Senior Research Fellow at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Research on Consequences of War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22 July 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798765167717\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e496\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.76\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51944812642444,"sku":"9798765167717","price":35.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_880a9d9f-bfd1-44aa-bdad-462a4048714e.jpg?v=1786036389","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9798765167717","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}