The economic diplomacy of Ostpolitik : origins of NATO's energy dilemma / / Werner D. Lippert

• Autore: Lippert Werner D. <1972->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Berghahn Books, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Disciplina: 337.4304709/047
• Soggetto topico: Cold War - Economic aspects; Diplomacy - Economic aspects
• Soggetto geografico: Germany (West) Foreign economic relations Soviet Union; Soviet Union Foreign economic relations Germany (West)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ch. 1. Detente, trade, and the alliance -- ch. 2. Of honeymoons and idealism (1968-1970) -- ch. 3. Westhandel and the alliance (1970-1972) -- ch. 4. The origins of NATO's energy dilemma (1972-1974) -- ch. 5. Helsinki and the fall of Detente (1975-1982) -- ch. 6. Conclusion : a permanent energy dilemma for the west?
• Sommario/riassunto: Despite the consensus that economic diplomacy played a crucial role in ending the Cold War, very little research has been done on the economic diplomacy during the crucial decades of the 1970s and 1980s. This book fills the gap by exploring the complex interweaving of East-West political and economic diplomacies in the pursuit of détente. The focus on German chancellor Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik reveals how its success was rooted in the usage of energy trade and high tech exchanges with the Soviet Union. His policies and visions are contrasted with those of U.S. President Richard Nixon and the
• Titolo autorizzato: The economic diplomacy of Ostpolitik
• ISBN: 1-84545-574-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814015703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II