First steps toward détente [[electronic resource] ] : American diplomacy in the Berlin crisis, 1958-1963 / / Richard D. Williamson
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| Autore: |
Williamson Richard D. <1952->
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| Titolo: |
First steps toward détente [[electronic resource] ] : American diplomacy in the Berlin crisis, 1958-1963 / / Richard D. Williamson
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (269 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 327.7304709/046 |
| Soggetto topico: | Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989 |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Foreign relations Soviet Union |
| Soviet Union Foreign relations United States | |
| United States Foreign relations 1961-1963 | |
| Berlin (Germany) International status | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | First steps toward détente |
| ISBN: | 1-280-67981-6 |
| 9786613656742 | |
| 0-7391-6881-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910462004503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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