Gaps in the iron curtain : economic relations between neutral and socialist countries in Cold War Europe / / editors Gertrude Enderle-Burcel [and three others] [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462747003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Krakow : , : Jagiellonian University Press, , 2009
• ISBN: 83-233-8066-X
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 293 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 337.4043
• Soggetti: Cold War; Europe Foreign economic relations Europe, Eastern; Europe, Eastern Foreign economic relations Europe; Europe History 20th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 31 May 2016).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. 'Austria - sieve to the East': Austria's neutrality during the East-West economic war, 1945/8-1989; Economic war getting off to an early start in 1945; The long shadow of the Cold War: COCOM lists and political interventions despite neutrality after 1955; Atomic technology transfer and the International Atomic Energy Authority; Austrian Ostpolitik: the framework against economic warfare in the Cold War; The Return of the Cold War; 2. Swiss economic relations with the Soviet Union during the Cold War Introduction; The establishment of diplomatic relations and the conclusion of a trade agreement; First peak in the mutual exchange of goods; US pressure and decline of trade, 1949-53; The revival of trade, 1953-6; East trade campaigns (Osthandelskampagnen) 1956-62; Growth of trade from 1962 to the late 1960's; New forms of technical-industrial co-operation in the 1970's and 1980's; Conclusions; 3. Neutral Ireland and East-West trade, 1945-1955; First phase: the period of Marshall aid, 1947-51; Third phase: signs of economic détente, 1953-Conclusions; 4. The Second World War and the Cold War: influences on the Swedish post-; war economy; Introduction; The Second World War and neutrality; Defence, neutrality and ideology; The credit and trade agreement; Embargo policy and neutrality; Conclusion; 5. Finland's Eastern trade: what do interviews tell?; The data; Of profits; Dealing with the Russians; The owl of the dusk; 6. Forty years of foreign trade between Austria and the CMEA area; Introduction; Aspects of continuity; Aspects of change; Three different phases of trade between Austria and the CMEA Statistical properties of trade development and relations between trade determining factors; Summary; 7. Austria and the permeability of the Iron Curtain: from bridge-building to systemic change; Introduction; Austria and the double Iron Curtain; Austria as intermediary between two areas of integration; Multilateralism and change of system; Change in the Austrian intermediary role: conclusion and summary; 8. Austrian business interests in socialist neighbouring countries: cloaked companies- CPA-related firms' Eastern trade; The CPA in the Second Republic Austria's foreign trade policy between East and West: a market niche for founding CPA-associated companies; Myths and facts about the entry into trade with Eastern Europe; The Austrian Bureaux for East-West Trade; CPA-associated companies in trade with Eastern Europe; The consequences of 1955 and the outcome; CPA business transactions after 1955; Volume of business and share of Eastern European trade; Repercussions on the CPA; Appendix - Overview of the 100 most important CPA-related companies; 9. Co-operation through the Iron Curtain: economic relations between Austria and Hungary after the Second World War
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume explores relations between socialist planned economies of Central and East European countries and capitalist market economies of neutral states in Europe dyring the Cold War. It focuses on the significant role of neutral countries as path-breakers in building East-West contacts.