Gaps in the iron curtain : economic relations between neutral and socialist countries in Cold War Europe / / editors Gertrude Enderle-Burcel [and three others] [[electronic resource]] |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Krakow : , : Jagiellonian University Press, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 293 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 337.4043 |
Soggetto topico | Cold War |
ISBN | 83-233-8066-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 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
2. 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 Third phase: signs of economic détente, 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 Three 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 The 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 9. Co-operation through the Iron Curtain: economic relations between Austria and Hungary after the Second World War |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462747003321 |
Krakow : , : Jagiellonian University Press, , 2009 | ||
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Gaps in the iron curtain : economic relations between neutral and socialist countries in Cold War Europe / / editors Gertrude Enderle-Burcel [and three others] [[electronic resource]] |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Krakow : , : Jagiellonian University Press, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 293 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 337.4043 |
Soggetto topico | Cold War |
ISBN | 83-233-8066-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 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
2. 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 Third phase: signs of economic détente, 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 Three 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 The 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 9. Co-operation through the Iron Curtain: economic relations between Austria and Hungary after the Second World War |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790168603321 |
Krakow : , : Jagiellonian University Press, , 2009 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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