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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792729003321

Titolo

The nuclear crisis : the arms race, Cold War anxiety, and the German peace movement of the 1980s / / editors, Christoph Becker-Schaum [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 2016

©2016

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 374 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

Protest, Culture and Society

Disciplina

327.1/747094309048

Soggetti

Peace movements - Germany - History - 20th century

Antinuclear movement - Germany - History - 20th century

Protest movements - Germany - History - 20th century

Cold War - Social aspects - Germany - History - 20th century

Nuclear weapons - Europe - History - 20th century

Nuclear disarmament - Europe - History - 20th century

Arms race - Europe - History - 20th century

Germany (West) Social conditions

Germany (East) Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Nuclear Crisis, NATO’s Double-Track Decision, and the Peace Movement of the 1980s -- Chapter 1 From Helsinki to Afghanistan: The CSCE Process and the Beginning of the Second Cold War -- Chapter 2 The NATO Double-Track Decision: Genesis and Implementation -- Chapter 3 SS-20 and Pershing II: Weapon Systems and the Dynamization of East-West Relations -- Chapter 4 NATO’s Double-Track Decision and East-West German Relations -- Chapter 5 Political Parties -- Chapter 6 Eco-pacifism: The Environmental Movement as a Source for the Peace Movement -- Chapter 7 Rationality of Fear: The Intellectual Foundations of the Peace Movement -- Chapter 8 The Institutional Organization of the Peace



Movement -- Chapter 9 The Spaces and Places of the Peace Movement -- Chapter 10 The Protagonists of the Peace Movement -- Chapter 11 The Independent Peace Movement in East Germany -- Chapter 12 Visual and Media Strategies of the Peace Movement -- Chapter 13 The Churches -- Chapter 14 Trade Unions -- Chapter 15 The Police -- Chapter 16 “Men Build Missiles”: Th e Women’s Peace Movement -- Chapter 17 Nuclear Attack and Civil Defense: Preparing for the Worst-Case Scenario in Politics and Science -- Chapter 18 Nuclear Doomsday Scenarios in Film, Literature, and Music -- Chapter 19 A Triumph of Disarmament? Th e 1980s and the International Political System -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

"In 1983, more than one million Germans joined together to protest NATO's deployment of nuclear missiles in Europe. International media overflowed with images of marches, rallies, and human chains as protesters blockaded depots and agitated for disarmament. Though they failed to halt the deployment, the episode was a decisive one for German society, revealing deep divisions in the nation's political culture while continuing to mobilize activists. This volume provides a comprehensive survey of the 'Euromissiles' crisis as experienced by its various protagonists, analyzing NATO's diplomatic and military maneuvering and tracing the political, cultural, and moral discourses that surrounded the missiles' deployment in East and West Germany"--From publisher's website.