Britain, Ost- and Deutschlandpolitik, and the CSCE (1955-1975)
©2008
Thesis
270 Pages
Summary
Based on new and existing archival documentation, this book provides a detailed analysis of the British attitude to Bonn’s Eastern and inner-German policies during the period of détente and the CSCE. Each chapter analyses the evolution of British policy on a particular issue area, making detailed comparisons of British and West German archival sources and outlining the main aspects of the British view of West Germany’s relations with the Soviet bloc states and the German Democratic Republic. Drawing upon the archives of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and of the West German foreign ministry, this book sheds new light on some of the more occult aspects of the British attitude to the German question and reveals the problems faced by British decision-makers in seeking to maintain Britain’s close ties with Bonn, while being hardly enthusiastic about the long-term prospect of German reunification. This volume addresses issues of East-West and Anglo-German relations, the role of NATO, and the debate among the Western allies on relations between the two German states during the period of détente.
Details
- Pages
- 270
- Publication Year
- 2008
- ISBN (PDF)
- 9783035101720
- ISBN (Softcover)
- 9783039117642
- DOI
- 10.3726/978-3-0351-0172-0
- Language
- English
- Publication date
- 2011 (April)
- Keywords
- Großbritannien Außenpolitik Deutschland Geschichte 1955-1975 Politic /History Germany International Relation U. K. Eastern Europe
- Published
- Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2008. 270 pp.
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