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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254792103321

Autore

Zaccaria Benedetto

Titolo

The EEC’s Yugoslav Policy in Cold War Europe, 1968-1980 / / by Benedetto Zaccaria

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

1-137-57978-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XII, 208 p.)

Collana

Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World

Disciplina

909.08

Soggetti

History, Modern

Europe—History—1492-

Modern History

History of Modern Europe

History

Yugoslavia Foreign relations Europe

Yugoslavia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

The disintegration of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s is often described as the starting-point of the EEC/EU involvement in Western Balkan politics, as if no political relations had developed between the EEC and Yugoslavia during the Cold War era. Instead, this book shows that the origin of EEC-Yugoslav relations must be placed in the crucial decade of the 1970s. Contrary to received opinion, this work demonstrates that relations between the EEC and Yugoslavia were grounded on a strong political rationale which was closely linked to the evolution of the Cold War in Europe and the Mediterranean. The main argument is that relations between the two parties were primarily influenced by the need to prevent the expansion of Soviet influence in the Balkans and to foster détente in Europe.