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Record Nr.

UNINA9910494589503321

Autore

Lippert Werner D. <1972->

Titolo

The economic diplomacy of Ostpolitik [[electronic resource] ] : origins of NATO's energy dilemma / / Werner D. Lippert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Berghahn Books, 2010

ISBN

1-84545-574-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Disciplina

327.11109047

Soggetti

Cold War - Economic aspects

Diplomacy - Economic aspects

Electronic books.

Germany (West) Foreign economic relations Soviet Union

Soviet Union Foreign economic relations Germany (West)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

ch. 1. Détente, trade, and the alliance -- ch. 2. Of honeymoons and idealism (1968-1970) -- ch. 3. Westhandel and the alliance (1970-1972) -- ch. 4. The origins of NATO's energy dilemma (1972-1974) -- ch. 5. Helsinki and the fall of Détente (1975-1982) -- ch. 6. Conclusion : a permanent energy dilemma for the west?

Sommario/riassunto

Despite the consensus that economic diplomacy played a crucial role in ending the Cold War, very little research has been done on the economic diplomacy during the crucial decades of the 1970s and 1980s. This book fills the gap by exploring the complex interweaving of East-West political and economic diplomacies in the pursuit of détente. The focus on German chancellor Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik reveals how its success was rooted in the usage of energy trade and high tech exchanges with the Soviet Union. His policies and visions are contrasted with those of U.S. President Richard Nixon and the