ISBN:
9780203841389
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (246 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe Ser.
Parallel Title:
Print version Reassessing Cold War Europe
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Reassessing Cold War Europe
DDC:
303.48/2404709045
Keywords:
Cold War
;
World politics 1945-1989
;
Europe, Eastern - Relations - Europe, Western
;
Electronic books
;
Soviet Union Relations
;
Europe, Western Relations
;
Europe, Eastern Relations
;
Europe History 1945-
;
Europe, Western Relations
;
World politics
;
1945-1989
;
Europe, Western
;
Relations
;
Soviet Union
;
Soviet Union
;
Relations
;
Europe, Western
;
Europe, Western
;
Relations
;
Europe, Eastern
;
Europe, Eastern
;
Relations
;
Europe, Western
;
Europe
;
History
;
1945-
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Europa
;
Ost-West-Konflikt
Abstract:
This book presents a comprehensive reassessment of Europe in the Cold War period, 1945-91. Contrary to popular belief, it shows that relations between East and West were based not only on confrontation and mutual distrust, but also on collaboration. The authors reveal that - despite opposing ideologies - there was in fact considerable interaction and exchange between different Eastern and Western actors (such states, enterprises, associations, organisations and individuals) irrespective of the Iron Curtain. This book challenges both the traditional understanding of the East-West juxtaposition and the relevancy of the Iron Curtain. Covering the full period, and taking into account a range of spheres including trade, scientific-technical co-operation, and cultural and social exchanges, it reveals how smaller countries and smaller actors in Europe were able to forge and implement their agendas within their own blocs. The books suggests that given these lower-level actors engaged in mutually beneficial cooperation, often running counter to the ambitions of the bloc-leaders, the rules of Cold War interaction were not, in fact, exclusively dictated by the superpowers.
Abstract:
Book Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Notes on contributors -- Glossary of terms and abbreviations -- List of tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Cold War from a new perspective -- 1 The Soviet Union's acquisition of Western technology after Stalin: Some thoughts on people and connections -- 2 Economic interest in Soviet post-war policy on Finland -- 3 CoCom and neutrality: Western export control policies, Finland and the Cold War, 1949-58 -- 4 Knowledge through the Iron Curtain: Soviet scientific-technical cooperation with Finland and West Germany -- 5 Learning from the French: The modernization of Soviet winemaking, 1956-61 -- 6 Soft contacts through the Iron Curtain -- 7 Internal transfer of cybernetics and informality in the Soviet Union -- 8 New advantages of old kinship ties: Finnish-Hungarian interactions in the 1970s -- 9 Soviet women, cultural exchange and the Women's International Democratic Federation -- 10 Overcoming Cold War boundaries at the World Youth Festivals -- 11 Room to manoeuvre?: National interests and coalition-building in the CMEA, 1969-74 -- Bibliography -- Index.
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; Glossary of terms and abbreviations; List of tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Cold War from a new perspective; 1 The Soviet Union's acquisition of Western technology after Stalin: Some thoughts on people and connections; 2 Economic interest in Soviet post-war policy on Finland; 3 CoCom and neutrality: Western export control policies, Finland and the Cold War, 1949-58; 4 Knowledge through the Iron Curtain: Soviet scientific-technical cooperation with Finland and West Germany
Description / Table of Contents:
5 Learning from the French: The modernization of Soviet winemaking, 1956-616 Soft contacts through the Iron Curtain; 7 Internal transfer of cybernetics and informality in the Soviet Union; 8 New advantages of old kinship ties: Finnish-Hungarian interactions in the 1970s; 9 Soviet women, cultural exchange and the Women's International Democratic Federation; 10 Overcoming Cold War boundaries at the World Youth Festivals; 11 Room to manoeuvre?: National interests and coalition-building in the CMEA, 1969-74; Bibliography; Index;
Note:
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