03329nam 2200601 a 450 991079024560332120230801223246.01-280-67981-697866136567420-7391-6881-9(CKB)2670000000203748(EBL)928517(OCoLC)854519947(SSID)ssj0000655955(PQKBManifestationID)12328820(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000655955(PQKBWorkID)10632032(PQKB)11170393(MiAaPQ)EBC928517(Au-PeEL)EBL928517(CaPaEBR)ebr10568803(CaONFJC)MIL365674(EXLCZ)99267000000020374820120123d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFirst steps toward détente[electronic resource] American diplomacy in the Berlin crisis, 1958-1963 /Richard D. WilliamsonLanham, Md. Lexington Booksc20121 online resource (269 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-9743-6 0-7391-6880-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : first steps to détente -- Prologue : the US, USSR, and Berlin, 1953-1958 -- "A free city" : Khrushchev's November proposals, Allied response, and a foreign minister's conference, November 1958-May 1959 -- "Seeking a summit" : Khrushchev's US visit, Western heads of state meeting, the U-2 incident, and the Paris Summit, June 1959-December 1960 -- "Vienna & the Wall" : Kennedy's first months, Vienna Summit, the Acheson plan, and the Berlin Wall, January-August 1961 -- "Salami tactics" : Allied collapse, Kennedy's private approach, and showdown at Checkpoint Charlie, September-December 1961 -- "Vital interests" : Thompson-Gromyko in Moscow, Rusk-Gromyko in Geneva, and Rusk-Dobrynin in Washington, Geneva ENDC sessions, and Soviet missiles in Cuba, January-August 1962 -- "A slippery slope" : new harassment in Berlin, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Allied estrangement, and the limited test ban treaty, September 1962-November 1963 -- Summary : American diplomacy in the Berlin crisis.First Steps toward Détente is a history of negotiations associated with the Berlin crisis from 1958-1963, regulated by disarmament talks. Events include Khrushchev's visit to the U.S. in 1959, the Paris 1960 and Vienna 1961 summits, the construction of the Berlin Wall, the stalemate at Checkpoint Charlie, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Limited Test Ban Treaty-all linked by ongoing diplomatic activities.Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989United StatesForeign relationsSoviet UnionSoviet UnionForeign relationsUnited StatesUnited StatesForeign relations1961-1963Berlin (Germany)International statusBerlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989.327.7304709/046Williamson Richard D.1952-1542074MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790245603321First steps toward détente3794539UNINA