The Last Decade of the Cold War: From Conflict Escalation to Conflict Transformation (Cass Series--Cold War History, 5)

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Series Editor\'s Preface......Page 8
List of Abbreviations......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
Part I The 1980s in Historical Context......Page 24
1. The 1980s Revisited or the Cold War as History—Again......Page 25
2. The Beginning and the End: Time, Context and the Cold War......Page 46
3. The European Role at the Beginning and Particularly the End of the Cold War......Page 73
Part II Explaining the Shift in Soviet Thinking and Policy......Page 91
4. Economic Constraints and the Turn Towards Superpower Cooperation in the 1980s......Page 92
5. Explaining the End of the Cold War: Turning Points in Soviet Security Policy......Page 122
6. The Sources of ‘New Thinking’ in Soviet Politics......Page 136
7. The Messianic Character of ‘New Thinking’: Why and What For?......Page 156
Part III The United States and The Ending of the Cold War......Page 171
8. The US Role in Winding Down the Cold War, 1980–90......Page 172
9. The Carter Legacy: Entering the Second Era of the Cold War......Page 186
10. The United States and the Transformation of the Cold War......Page 211
11. Reagan’s Anti-Revolutionary Offensive in the Third World......Page 224
Part IV Europe in the Last Decade of the Cold War......Page 243
12. Germany in the Last Decade of the Cold War......Page 244
13. Before the Wall: French Diplomacy and the Last Decade of the Cold War, 1979–89......Page 263
14. Helping to Open the Door? Britain in the Last Decade of the Cold War......Page 288
15. Italy and the Battle of the Euromissiles: The Deployment of the US BGM-109G \'Gryphon\', 1979–83......Page 300
16. NATO’s Northern Frontline in the 1980s......Page 324
17. Playground of Superpowers, Poland 1980–89: A View from Inside......Page 334
18. Did Gorbachev Liberate Eastern Europe?......Page 359
Index......Page 378