Gaps in the Iron Curtain : economic relations between neutral and socialist countries in Cold War Europe / / Editors: Gertrude Enderle-Burcel ... [et al.] |
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 |
Altri autori (Persone) | Enderle-BurcelGertrude |
Soggetto topico | Cold War - Economic aspects |
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-9910827008603321 |
Krakow, : Jagiellonian University Press, 2009 | ||
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Imposing, maintaining, and tearing open the Iron Curtain : the Cold War and East-Central Europe, 1945-1989 / / edited by Mark Kramer and Vít Smetana |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : Lexington Books, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (583 p.) |
Disciplina | 947.0009/045 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
KramerMark
SmetanaVít <1973-> |
Collana | Harvard Cold War studies book series |
Soggetto topico | Cold War |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4985-2051-0
0-7391-8186-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: Central Europe and the Onset of the Iron Curtain; Chapter One: Stalin, Soviet Policy, and the Establishment of a Communist Bloc in Eastern Europe, 1941-1949; Chapter Two: The United States and Eastern Europe, 1943-1948; Chapter Three: Concessions or Conviction? Czechoslovakia's Road to the Cold War and the Soviet Bloc; Chapter Four: Hungary's Role in the Soviet Bloc, 1945-1956; Chapter Five: Stalin, the Split with Yugoslavia, and Soviet-East European Efforts to Reassert Control, 1948-1953; Chapter Six: Austria, Germany, and the Cold War, 1945-1955
Chapter Seven: Neutrality for Germany or Stabilization of the Eastern Bloc? New Evidence on the Decision-Making Process of the Stalin NoteII: The German Question and Intra-Bloc Politics in the Post-Stalin Era; Chapter Eight: The Berlin Wall: Looking Back on the History of the Wall Twenty Years After Its Fall; Chapter Nine: The German Problem and Security in Europe: Hindrance or Catalyst on the Path to 1989-1990?; Chapter Ten: Germany and East-Central Europe, 1945-1990: The View from London; Chapter Eleven: The German Question as Seen from Paris Chapter Twelve: Cold War, Détente, and the Soviet Bloc: The Evolution of Intra-Bloc Foreign Policy Coordination, 1953-1975III: The Role of East-Central Europe in Ending the Cold War; Chapter Thirteen: Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and the Revolutions of 1989: American Myths Versus the Primary Sources; Chapter Fourteen: Moscow and Eastern Europe, 1988-1989: A Policy of Optimism and Caution; Chapter Fifteen: The Fall of the Wall, Eastern Europe, and Gorbachev's Vision of Europe after the Cold War; Chapter Sixteen: Pulling the Rug: East-Central Europe and the Implosion of East Germany Chapter Seventeen: The Demise of the Soviet BlocIV: Long-Term Perspectives on the Cold War and Its End; Chapter Eighteen: Nuclear Weapons and the Cold War in Europe; Chapter Nineteen: Why Did the Cold War Last So Long?; Chapter Twenty: The End of Cold War as a Non-Linear Confluence; Chapter Twenty-one: Conspicuous Connections, 1968 and 1989; Chapter Twenty-two: 1989 in Historical Perspective: The Problem of Legitimation; Chapter Twenty-three: November 1989: From a Velvet Opening of Regime Change to a Revolutionary Outcome Chapter Twenty-four: The End of the Cold War and the Transformation of Cold War History: A Tale of Two Conferences, 1988-1989About the Editors; About the Contributors; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453742103321 |
Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : Lexington Books, , 2014 | ||
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Imposing, maintaining, and tearing open the Iron Curtain : the Cold War and East-Central Europe, 1945-1989 / / edited by Mark Kramer and Vít Smetana |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : Lexington Books, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (583 p.) |
Disciplina | 947.0009/045 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
KramerMark
SmetanaVít <1973-> |
Collana | Harvard Cold War studies book series |
Soggetto topico | Cold War |
ISBN |
1-4985-2051-0
0-7391-8186-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: Central Europe and the Onset of the Iron Curtain; Chapter One: Stalin, Soviet Policy, and the Establishment of a Communist Bloc in Eastern Europe, 1941-1949; Chapter Two: The United States and Eastern Europe, 1943-1948; Chapter Three: Concessions or Conviction? Czechoslovakia's Road to the Cold War and the Soviet Bloc; Chapter Four: Hungary's Role in the Soviet Bloc, 1945-1956; Chapter Five: Stalin, the Split with Yugoslavia, and Soviet-East European Efforts to Reassert Control, 1948-1953; Chapter Six: Austria, Germany, and the Cold War, 1945-1955
Chapter Seven: Neutrality for Germany or Stabilization of the Eastern Bloc? New Evidence on the Decision-Making Process of the Stalin NoteII: The German Question and Intra-Bloc Politics in the Post-Stalin Era; Chapter Eight: The Berlin Wall: Looking Back on the History of the Wall Twenty Years After Its Fall; Chapter Nine: The German Problem and Security in Europe: Hindrance or Catalyst on the Path to 1989-1990?; Chapter Ten: Germany and East-Central Europe, 1945-1990: The View from London; Chapter Eleven: The German Question as Seen from Paris Chapter Twelve: Cold War, Détente, and the Soviet Bloc: The Evolution of Intra-Bloc Foreign Policy Coordination, 1953-1975III: The Role of East-Central Europe in Ending the Cold War; Chapter Thirteen: Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and the Revolutions of 1989: American Myths Versus the Primary Sources; Chapter Fourteen: Moscow and Eastern Europe, 1988-1989: A Policy of Optimism and Caution; Chapter Fifteen: The Fall of the Wall, Eastern Europe, and Gorbachev's Vision of Europe after the Cold War; Chapter Sixteen: Pulling the Rug: East-Central Europe and the Implosion of East Germany Chapter Seventeen: The Demise of the Soviet BlocIV: Long-Term Perspectives on the Cold War and Its End; Chapter Eighteen: Nuclear Weapons and the Cold War in Europe; Chapter Nineteen: Why Did the Cold War Last So Long?; Chapter Twenty: The End of Cold War as a Non-Linear Confluence; Chapter Twenty-one: Conspicuous Connections, 1968 and 1989; Chapter Twenty-two: 1989 in Historical Perspective: The Problem of Legitimation; Chapter Twenty-three: November 1989: From a Velvet Opening of Regime Change to a Revolutionary Outcome Chapter Twenty-four: The End of the Cold War and the Transformation of Cold War History: A Tale of Two Conferences, 1988-1989About the Editors; About the Contributors; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790755103321 |
Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : Lexington Books, , 2014 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Imposing, maintaining, and tearing open the Iron Curtain : the Cold War and East-Central Europe, 1945-1989 / / edited by Mark Kramer and Vít Smetana |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : Lexington Books, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (583 p.) |
Disciplina | 947.0009/045 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
KramerMark
SmetanaVít <1973-> |
Collana | Harvard Cold War studies book series |
Soggetto topico | Cold War |
ISBN |
1-4985-2051-0
0-7391-8186-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: Central Europe and the Onset of the Iron Curtain; Chapter One: Stalin, Soviet Policy, and the Establishment of a Communist Bloc in Eastern Europe, 1941-1949; Chapter Two: The United States and Eastern Europe, 1943-1948; Chapter Three: Concessions or Conviction? Czechoslovakia's Road to the Cold War and the Soviet Bloc; Chapter Four: Hungary's Role in the Soviet Bloc, 1945-1956; Chapter Five: Stalin, the Split with Yugoslavia, and Soviet-East European Efforts to Reassert Control, 1948-1953; Chapter Six: Austria, Germany, and the Cold War, 1945-1955
Chapter Seven: Neutrality for Germany or Stabilization of the Eastern Bloc? New Evidence on the Decision-Making Process of the Stalin NoteII: The German Question and Intra-Bloc Politics in the Post-Stalin Era; Chapter Eight: The Berlin Wall: Looking Back on the History of the Wall Twenty Years After Its Fall; Chapter Nine: The German Problem and Security in Europe: Hindrance or Catalyst on the Path to 1989-1990?; Chapter Ten: Germany and East-Central Europe, 1945-1990: The View from London; Chapter Eleven: The German Question as Seen from Paris Chapter Twelve: Cold War, Détente, and the Soviet Bloc: The Evolution of Intra-Bloc Foreign Policy Coordination, 1953-1975III: The Role of East-Central Europe in Ending the Cold War; Chapter Thirteen: Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and the Revolutions of 1989: American Myths Versus the Primary Sources; Chapter Fourteen: Moscow and Eastern Europe, 1988-1989: A Policy of Optimism and Caution; Chapter Fifteen: The Fall of the Wall, Eastern Europe, and Gorbachev's Vision of Europe after the Cold War; Chapter Sixteen: Pulling the Rug: East-Central Europe and the Implosion of East Germany Chapter Seventeen: The Demise of the Soviet BlocIV: Long-Term Perspectives on the Cold War and Its End; Chapter Eighteen: Nuclear Weapons and the Cold War in Europe; Chapter Nineteen: Why Did the Cold War Last So Long?; Chapter Twenty: The End of Cold War as a Non-Linear Confluence; Chapter Twenty-one: Conspicuous Connections, 1968 and 1989; Chapter Twenty-two: 1989 in Historical Perspective: The Problem of Legitimation; Chapter Twenty-three: November 1989: From a Velvet Opening of Regime Change to a Revolutionary Outcome Chapter Twenty-four: The End of the Cold War and the Transformation of Cold War History: A Tale of Two Conferences, 1988-1989About the Editors; About the Contributors; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824234603321 |
Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : Lexington Books, , 2014 | ||
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