LEADER 05126nam 22006132 450 001 9910790168603321 005 20160602154719.0 010 $a83-233-8066-X 035 $a(CKB)2670000000169111 035 $a(EBL)874258 035 $a(OCoLC)781615018 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000913953 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11480751 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000913953 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10861698 035 $a(PQKB)10471616 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9788323380665 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC874258 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL874258 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10554355 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000169111 100 $a20140424d2009|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aGaps in the iron curtain $eeconomic relations between neutral and socialist countries in Cold War Europe /$feditors Gertrude Enderle-Burcel [and three others]$b[electronic resource] 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aKrakow :$cJagiellonian University Press,$d2009. 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 293 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 31 May 2016). 311 $a83-233-2532-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aContents; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. 'Austria - sieve to the East': Austria's neutrality during the East-West economic war, 1945/8-1989; Economic war getting off to an early start in 1945; The long shadow of the Cold War: COCOM lists and political interventions despite neutrality after 1955; Atomic technology transfer and the International Atomic Energy Authority; Austrian Ostpolitik: the framework against economic warfare in the Cold War; The Return of the Cold War 327 $a2. Swiss economic relations with the Soviet Union during the Cold War Introduction; The establishment of diplomatic relations and the conclusion of a trade agreement; First peak in the mutual exchange of goods; US pressure and decline of trade, 1949-53; The revival of trade, 1953-6; East trade campaigns (Osthandelskampagnen) 1956-62; Growth of trade from 1962 to the late 1960's; New forms of technical-industrial co-operation in the 1970's and 1980's; Conclusions; 3. Neutral Ireland and East-West trade, 1945-1955; First phase: the period of Marshall aid, 1947-51 327 $aThird phase: signs of economic de?tente, 1953-Conclusions; 4. The Second World War and the Cold War: influences on the Swedish post-war economy; Introduction; The Second World War and neutrality; Defence, neutrality and ideology; The credit and trade agreement; Embargo policy and neutrality; Conclusion; 5. Finland's Eastern trade: what do interviews tell?; The data; Of profits; Dealing with the Russians; The owl of the dusk; 6. Forty years of foreign trade between Austria and the CMEA area; Introduction; Aspects of continuity; Aspects of change 327 $aThree different phases of trade between Austria and the CMEA Statistical properties of trade development and relations between trade determining factors; Summary; 7. Austria and the permeability of the Iron Curtain: from bridge-building to systemic change; Introduction; Austria and the double Iron Curtain; Austria as intermediary between two areas of integration; Multilateralism and change of system; Change in the Austrian intermediary role: conclusion and summary; 8. Austrian business interests in socialist neighbouring countries: cloaked companies- CPA-related firms' Eastern trade 327 $aThe CPA in the Second Republic Austria's foreign trade policy between East and West: a market niche for founding CPA-associated companies; Myths and facts about the entry into trade with Eastern Europe; The Austrian Bureaux for East-West Trade; CPA-associated companies in trade with Eastern Europe; The consequences of 1955 and the outcome; CPA business transactions after 1955; Volume of business and share of Eastern European trade; Repercussions on the CPA; Appendix - Overview of the 100 most important CPA-related companies 327 $a9. Co-operation through the Iron Curtain: economic relations between Austria and Hungary after the Second World War 330 $aThis volume explores relations between socialist planned economies of Central and East European countries and capitalist market economies of neutral states in Europe dyring the Cold War. It focuses on the significant role of neutral countries as path-breakers in building East-West contacts. 606 $aCold War 607 $aEurope$xForeign economic relations$zEurope, Eastern 607 $aEurope, Eastern$xForeign economic relations$zEurope 607 $aEurope$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aCold War. 676 $a337.4043 702 $aEnderle-Burcel$b Gertrude 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790168603321 996 $aGaps in the iron curtain$93740469 997 $aUNINA