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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818179103321

Titolo

Reassessing Cold War Europe / / edited by Sari Autio-Sarasmo and Katalin Miklossy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, NY, : Routledge, 2010

ISBN

1-136-89834-4

1-136-89835-2

1-282-93002-8

9786612930027

0-203-84138-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in the history of Russia and Eastern Europe ; ; 14

Altri autori (Persone)

AutioSari

MiklossyKatalin

Disciplina

303.48/2404709045

Soggetti

Cold War

World politics - 1945-1989

Europe History 1945-

Europe, Eastern Relations Europe, Western

Europe, Western Relations Europe, Eastern

Europe, Western Relations Soviet Union

Soviet Union Relations Europe, Western

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

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; Glossary of terms and abbreviations; List of tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Cold War from a new perspective; 1 The Soviet Union's acquisition of Western technology after Stalin: Some thoughts on people and connections; 2 Economic interest in Soviet post-war policy on Finland; 3 CoCom and neutrality: Western export control policies, Finland and the Cold War, 1949-58; 4 Knowledge through the Iron Curtain: Soviet scientific-technical cooperation with Finland and West Germany

5 Learning from the French: The modernization of Soviet winemaking, 1956-616 Soft contacts through the Iron Curtain; 7 Internal transfer of



cybernetics and informality in the Soviet Union; 8 New advantages of old kinship ties: Finnish-Hungarian interactions in the 1970s; 9 Soviet women, cultural exchange and the Women's International Democratic Federation; 10 Overcoming Cold War boundaries at the World Youth Festivals; 11 Room to manoeuvre?: National interests and coalition-building in the CMEA, 1969-74; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents a comprehensive reassessment of Europe in the Cold War period, 1945-91. Contrary to popular belief, it shows that relations between East and West were based not only on confrontation and mutual distrust, but also on collaboration. The authors reveal that - despite opposing ideologies - there was in fact considerable interaction and exchange between different Eastern and Western actors (such states, enterprises, associations, organisations and individuals) irrespective of the Iron Curtain.This book challenges both the traditional understanding of the East-Wes