Securing Peace in Europe, 1945–62: Thoughts for the post-Cold War Era

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction....Pages 1-13
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Stalin as Hitler’s Successor: Western Interpretations of the Soviet Threat....Pages 17-40
British Policy Overseas: The ‘Third Force’ and the Origins of NATO — in Search of a New Perspective....Pages 41-61
Front Matter....Pages 63-63
The Berlin Crises of 1948–49 and 1958–62....Pages 65-83
The Berlin Crises, France, and the Atlantic Alliance, 1947–62: From Integration to Disintegration....Pages 84-104
France and the Leadership of the West in the 1950s: A Story of Disenchantment....Pages 105-124
Anthony Eden and the Framework of Security: Britain’s Alternatives to the European Defence Community, 1951–54....Pages 125-138
Nuclear Weapons and British—German Relations....Pages 139-156
Front Matter....Pages 157-157
Spain, Drumbeat and NATO: Incorporating Franco’s Spain in Western Defence....Pages 159-172
The Neglected Flank? NATO in the Mediterranean 1949–56....Pages 173-195
Italy and Western Defence 1948–55: The Elusive Ally....Pages 196-221
Italy and the Nuclear Choices of the Atlantic Alliance, 1955–63....Pages 222-245
Alliance Under Stress: Anglo—American Relations and East Asia, 1949–51....Pages 246-259
NATO, ‘Alliance’ and the Suez Crisis....Pages 260-276
Front Matter....Pages 277-277
Problems of Military Production Co-ordination....Pages 279-292
NATO’s First Spies: The Case of the Disappearing Diplomats — Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean....Pages 293-309
Front Matter....Pages 311-311
Securing Peace in Europe in the 1990s....Pages 313-330
Chronology of Events....Pages 331-337
Back Matter....Pages 338-355