03173nam 2200637Ia 450 991045116990332120200520144314.01-280-22561-097866102256130-203-48945-4(CKB)1000000000250294(EBL)183129(OCoLC)316997259(SSID)ssj0000162390(PQKBManifestationID)11167156(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000162390(PQKBWorkID)10201360(PQKB)10017425(MiAaPQ)EBC183129(Au-PeEL)EBL183129(CaPaEBR)ebr10162552(CaONFJC)MIL22561(EXLCZ)99100000000025029420030617d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGermany and the Baltic problem after the Cold War[electronic resource] the development of a new Ostpolitik, 1989-2000 /Kristina Spohr ReadmanLondon ;Portland, OR F. Cassc20031 online resource (264 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-64799-1 0-7146-5515-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Tables and Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Germany and the Baltics in the Cold War's Endgame, 1989-91; 2 German Questions Past and Present; 3 Unified Germany's West(europa)politik at a 'Time Which as yet Has no Name'; 4 Germany and Russia Reborn: Back to the Future?; 5 The Baltic States: A Gauge of Unified Germany's Ostpolitik and European Security; Conclusion, or One Answer to the German Question; Postscript: The Methodology of a Contemporary History; Select Bibliography; IndexThe root question this book addresses is how the new Germany will use its re-found status as a great power. Does Germany - as in the past - aim to dominate Europe? Or has it renounced its imperial ambitions following the trauma of division during the Cold War?In seeking answers to these questions, Kristina Spohr Readman scrutinises the development of Germany's new Ostpolitik (eastern policy) in the period 1989-2000. Against the background of recent European history, she analyses the re-establishment of a special relationship between Bonn/Berlin and Moscow. In particular, she aPost-communismBaltic StatesPost-communismEurope, EasternGermanyForeign relationsBaltic StatesBaltic StatesForeign relationsGermanyGermanyForeign relationsEurope, EasternEurope, EasternForeign relationsGermanyElectronic books.Post-communismPost-communism327.430479/09/049Spohr Readman Kristina898742MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451169903321Germany and the Baltic problem after the Cold War2007904UNINA