Europe, Cold War and Coexistence, 1955-1965 (Cass Series--Cold War History, 4)

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Series Editor’s Preface......Page 8
Notes on Contributors......Page 10
Abbreviations......Page 12
Introduction......Page 14
NOTES......Page 16
PART I: EUROPE IN THE ‘FIRST DETENTE’, 1953–58......Page 17
1 Britain as a Bridge between East and West......Page 18
NOTES......Page 29
I......Page 34
II......Page 35
III......Page 37
IV......Page 39
V......Page 42
NOTES......Page 43
PART II: EUROPEAN REACTIONS TO THE BERLIN AND CUBAN CRISES,1958–62......Page 45
I......Page 46
II......Page 47
III......Page 50
IV......Page 52
V......Page 56
NOTES......Page 59
4 France, NATO and the Algerian War......Page 65
NOTES......Page 73
Before the Crisis......Page 76
The aftermath of the crisis......Page 79
Before the crisis......Page 80
The crisis......Page 81
The aftermath of the crisis......Page 82
NOTES......Page 83
6 Cold War Crises and Public Opinion: West European Public Opinion and the Berlin Wall, 1961......Page 89
I......Page 92
II......Page 97
III......Page 100
IV......Page 102
NOTES......Page 104
7 The Italian Communist Party between East and West, 1960–64......Page 107
NOTES......Page 115
PART III: EUROPE IN SEARCH OF DÉTENTE, 1962–65......Page 117
8 Britain, East Germany and Detente: British Policy toward the GDR and West Germany’s ‘Policy of Movement’, 1955–65......Page 118
Britain and the ‘Creeping Recognition’ of the GDR, 1949–57......Page 120
The Interconnection of Recognition, Trade Relations, and Detente, 1958–64......Page 123
Detente, the Two Germanies and the Wilson Government, 1964–65......Page 131
NOTES......Page 134
9 ‘Sole Master of the Western Nuclear Strength’? The United States, Western Europe and the Elusiveness of a European Defence Identity, 1959–64......Page 140
NOTES......Page 161
De Gaulle’s Basic Tenets......Page 183
Complex Overlapping Tactical Moves......Page 184
1958–1963: Frosty Franco-Soviet Relations......Page 185
1963–1964: The Thaw......Page 186
The Problem of International Communism......Page 187
1965: The Turning Point and the Convergence......Page 189
Toward a New European Security Order? De Gaulle’s Visit to Moscow in June 1966......Page 192
The Aftermath......Page 194
NOTES......Page 196
11 Khrushchev: Contemporary Perspectives in the Western Press......Page 200
Building an Image: Khrushchev and the Mass Media......Page 201
NOTES......Page 207
12 The Western European Communist Parties in the Cold War, 1957–68......Page 213
True Loyalty......Page 214
Financial Dependence......Page 216
The Promotion of Soviet Perceptions and Goals......Page 218
Underground actions......Page 219
Obedient Parties?......Page 221
NOTES......Page 224
13 Detente, the Superpowers and their Allies, 1962–64......Page 226
NOTES......Page 242
PART IV: DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN EASTERN AND WESTERN EUROPE......Page 248
The ‘Northern Balance as a Geopolitical Theory......Page 249
The Ambivalence of Soviet Views on Neutrality......Page 251
Stationing Nuclear Weapons in the North of Europe?......Page 254
Domestic and International Aspects of the ‘Night Frost’ Crisis of 1958 and 1959......Page 256
The ‘Note Crisis’ of 1961: Warning to Finland and Message to the Scandinavian Countries......Page 258
The ‘Kekkonen Plan’ for the Nordic Nuclear-Free Zone, May 1963......Page 260
Conclusion......Page 263
NOTES......Page 265
Non-Proliferation as a Divisive Factor......Page 267
The Central Issue of Germany......Page 269
The Anglo-American Approach to Non-Proliferation......Page 271
Conclusion......Page 276
NOTES......Page 278
16 Gerhard Schroder and the First ‘Ostpolitik’......Page 283
The Anti-Semitic Incident of Christmas 1959......Page 284
Schroder’s First Encounter with Gromyko......Page 286
The Evolution of Schroder’s Concept of Ostpolitik......Page 288
Conclusion......Page 291
NOTES......Page 292
The Other Foot Called Ostpolitik......Page 294
The Concept of Ostpolitik......Page 295
Opportunities and Constraints......Page 298
NOTES......Page 303
Index......Page 306