Stephan Kieninger

Dynamic Détente (eBook, ePUB)

The United States and Europe, 1964-1975

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 388
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. März 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498532426
• Artikelnr.: 44909229

Autorenporträt

Stephan Kieninger is a historian at the Federal German Archives.

Inhaltsangabe

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