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Title

The Cold War in Europe : era of a divided continent / edited by Charles S. Maier.

Publication

Princeton : Markus Wiener, 1996.

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Additional Authors

Maier, Charles S.

Description

xiv, 405 pages; 23 cm

Summary

"Now that the Cold War is over, this book is especially timely: it analyzes and summarizes the events that ushered in an epoch of history nearly fifty years ago, and provides an analysis of the forces that were suppressed or strengthened during the Cold War - and some of which are now unleashed again." "Professor Maier begins his book by discussing the different interpretations of the Cold War among leading commentators. A selection of the most important essays on the origins of the Cold War by well-known politicians and scholars provides the critical spectrum of the debate on the acceleration of the Cold War." "These contributors investigate the events that led to a division of Europe into spheres of influence on both a global and regional basis. The roles of the giants of history, such as Churchill, Stalin, and Truman, as well as those of local leaders, are illuminated in these essays. Special emphasis is placed on the political economy of the Cold War, the Marshall Plan, the conditions for new labor movements, welfare capitalism, the European economies after the collapse of fascism, and the politics of productivity." "This edition includes new texts based on a trove of new sources from the archives of the former Warsaw Pact states. Key Soviet documents on decision-making during the Hungarian crisis of 1956 combined with a fresh examination of military strategy and the arms race indicate that disputes over Berlin did not lead to a war because of fears about nuclear escalation."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Cold War
• World politics > 1945-1989
• Economic assistance, American
• Europe > Politics and government > 1945-

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-390) and index.

Contents

1. After the Cold War: Introduction to the 1991 Edition / Charles S. Maier -- 2. America's Half Century: United States Foreign Policy in the Cold War / Thomas J. McCormick -- 3. Special Envoy to Churchill and Stalin / W. Averell Harriman and Elie Abel -- 4. Czechoslovakia between Democracy and Communism / Radomir Luza -- 5. Spheres of Influence: The United States and Europe, 1945-1949 / John Gaddis -- 6. Empire by Invitation? The United States and Western Europe, 1945-1952 / Geir Lundestad -- 7. The Politics of Productivity: Foundations of American International Economic Policy after World War II / Charles S. Maier -- 8. The Marshall Plan / Michael Hogan -- 9. The Reconstruction of Western Europe / Alan S. Milward -- 10. Structural Reform and a Compact for Growth: Conditions for a United Labor Union Movement in Western Europe after the Collapse of Fascism / Lutz Niethammer -- 11. Labour and the Marshall Plan / Anthony Carew -- 12. The Nuclearization of NATO and U.S.-West European Relations / Marc Trachtenberg -- 13. Hungary and Poland, 1956: Khrushchev's CPSU CC Presidium Meeting on East European Crises, 24 October 1956 / Mark Kramer -- Suggestions for Further Reading and Research.

ISBN

• 1558761330 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9781558761339 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

96030536

OCLC

ocm35103153

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries