Visions of the End of the Cold War in Europe, 1945-1990

Published by Berghahn Books 2012

Visions of the End of the Cold War in Europe, 1945-1990

Edited by: Frédéric Bozo , Marie-Pierre Rey , N. Piers Ludlow and Bernd Rother

In the series Studies in Contemporary European History

Volume 11 in the series Contemporary European History

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780857453709

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About this book

Exploring the visions of the end of the Cold War that have been put forth since its inception until its actual ending, this volume brings to the fore the reflections, programmes, and strategies that were intended to call into question the bipolar system and replace it with alternative approaches or concepts. These visions were associated not only with prominent individuals, organized groups and civil societies, but were also connected to specific historical processes or events. They ranged from actual, thoroughly conceived programmes, to more blurred, utopian aspirations — or simply the belief that the Cold War had already, in effect, come to an end. Such visions reveal much about the contexts in which they were developed and shed light on crucial moments and phases of the Cold War.

Author / Editor information

Frédéric Bozo is Professor of History and International Relations in the Department of European Studies at the Sorbonne (University of Paris III). His publications include Mitterrand, the End of the Cold War, and German Unification (2009) and Two Strategies for Europe: De Gaulle, the United States and the Atlantic Alliance (2001).

Marie-Pierre Rey is Professor of Russian and Soviet History and Director of the Centre of Slavic Studies at the Sorbonne (University of Paris I). Her publications include Alexandre Ier, le tsar qui vainquit Napoléon (2009) and Europe and the End of the Cold War: A Reappraisal (ed., 2008).

N. Piers Ludlow is a Reader in the Department of International History of the London School of Economics. He recently published The European Community and the Crises of the 1960s: Negotiating the Gaullist Challenge (2006).

Bernd Rother is a Historian at the Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt Foundation in Berlin. He is editor of Willy Brandt: Über Europa hinaus. Dritte Welt und Sozialistische Internationale(2006) and Willy Brandt: Gemeinsame Sicherheit. Internationale Beziehungen und deutsche Frage 1982-1992 (2009).

Frédéric Bozo is Professor of History and International Relations in the Department of European Studies at the Sorbonne (University of Paris III). His publications include Mitterrand, the End of the Cold War, and German Unification (2009) and Two Strategies for Europe: De Gaulle, the United States and the Atlantic Alliance (2001).

Reviews

“[This] superb collection…[is] a unique and valuable contribution to the voluminous literature on the Cold War… Essential.” · Choice

“This is an excellent collection of twenty-one essays divided into seven sections on perceptions of how the Cold War would end in Europe. Though the essays were presented at a conference previously held at the Sorbonne, the superb editing and organization make this compendium far more than a collection of proceedings… a welcome addition to the literature on the Cold War. Its content speaks for itself. Students and scholars alike should find it useful, and it should be mandatory reading in courses dealing with the Cold War.” · The European Legacy

“ [This volume] is a fascinating book which crosses the boundaries of diplomatic and intellectual history in provocative and thoughtful ways...The individual chapters are all exemplary studies in the history of ideas and the book is a thoroughly enjoyable, eye-opening read..." · Contemporary European History

“This edited collection does an excellent job of overcoming [an] historiographical lacuna. What is initially striking is just how comprehensive ...[and] just how pioneering and impressive a collection this is…[marked] by the masterly scholarship, outstanding multi-archival research and accessible chapters that serve to make up this edited book [that] deserves to sit on the bookshelves of academics and students alike” · European History Quarterly

“These essays give some interesting insight into the minds of their subjects but more importantly achieve the book’s objective of understanding more of the essence of the Cold War and its driving forces… Unlike many such volumes, this book is not merely a collection of different ideas held together loosely by a theme, but a carefully selected group of arguments structured using a combined chronological and thematic approach.” · European Review of History—Revue européenne d’histoire

“This collection succeeds in adding a new aspect to the numerous analyses of the end of the Cold War…This excellent volume brings together, for the first time, a rich and multi-layered panorama of ideas of an alternative world order.” · H-Net

“The book’s value lies in its multinational and archive-based perspective on individuals and groups who offered ideas on how to end the Cold War. Readers thus receive a panoramic view of the conflict. The book also points the way for future research on the “visions” of other countries, individuals, and institutions not covered here.” · H-France

“As this pioneering [volume] clearly and convincingly highlights, perceptions were important, as they influenced foreign policy objectives, international relations and personal chemistry between leaders, strategies for anti-Communist movements and civil society as well as the memory of the Cold War and historical assessments of its leading figures. That the work is able to achieve this through a daunting format that balances 21 separate entries by distinguished scholars in the fields of history, political science and international relations is itself remarkable. The editors must be applauded for organizing the contributions…into a cohesive, chronologically structured work that traces visions of the Cold War from “George Kennan’s Course” to President Ronald Reagan’s American exceptionalism in succinct chapters.” · Reviews & Critical Commentary (Council for European Studies)

“This is an excellent collection of articles on an extremely interesting subject. The multinational and multi-archival nature of the selections is very impressive, and it attests to the health and vitality of international relations research in today’s academy. This is the type of book that should be examined by both policymakers and scholars, since it raises so many good and provocative questions about one of the most important events of our time, namely the end of the Cold War.” · Thomas A. Schwartz, Vanderbilt University

“This is an outstanding, well integrated volume that is not only excellent as a history of the Cold War, but focuses on an issue hitherto unexplored in the discussions on the Cold War. [It] is a very good read by some outstanding scholars." · Michael Cox, London School of Economics

"The editors have brought together an intriguing collection of essays. They explore visions of how the Cold War would end; the twist is that all of these visions were articulated before the actual end. The resulting essays shed light not only on the hopes and nightmares of participants, but also on the nature of the Cold War itself." · Mary Elise Sarotte, University of Southern California

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
INTRODUCTION Frédéric Bozo, Marie-Pierre Rey, Bernd Rother and N. Piers Ludlow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Section I CRYSTALLIZING THE COLD WAR
Chapter 1 GEORGE KENNAN’S COURSE, 1947–1949 A Gaullist before de Gaulle John L. Harper Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
Chapter 2 THE BILDERBERG GROUP AND THE END OF THE COLD WAR The Disengagement Debates of the 1950s Thomas W. Gĳswĳt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	30
Section II STALIN’S DEATH AND AFTER A Missed Opportunity?
Chapter 3 MOSCOW’S CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE COLD WAR, 1948–1955 Geoffrey Roberts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
Chapter 4 STALIN’S DEATH AND ANGLO-AMERICAN VISIONS OF ENDING THE COLD WAR, 1953 Jaclyn Stanke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
Chapter 5 SOVIET INTELLECTUALS AFTER STALIN’S DEATH AND THEIR VISIONS OF THE COLD WAR’S END Vladislav Zubok Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	74
Section III ALTERNATIVE VISIONS OF THE 1960S
Chapter 6 TOWARDS A NEW CONCERT OF EUROPE De Gaulle’s Vision of a Post–Cold War Europe Garret Martin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
Chapter 7 FRANZ JOSEF STRAUß AND THE END OF THE COLD WAR Ronald J. Granieri Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
Section IV A HELSINKI VISION?
Chapter 8 A VERY BRITISH VISION OF DÉTENTE The United Kingdom’s Foreign Policy during the Helsinki Process, 1969–1975 Martin D. Brown Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
Chapter 9 THE EC NINE’S VISION AND ATTEMPTS AT ENDING THE COLD WAR Angela Romano Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	134
Section V VISIONS AND DISSENT IN THE 1970S
Chapter 10 ‘THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE OTHER SIDE’ Willy Brandt’s Ostpolitik and the Liberal Peace Concept Gottfried Niedhart Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
Chapter 11 NEITHER IN ONE BLOC, NOR IN THE OTHER Berlinguer’s Vision of the End of the Cold War Laura Fasanaro Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Chapter 12 OVERCOMING BLOC DIVISION FROM BELOW Jiří Hájek and the CSCE Appeal of Charter 77 Christian Domnitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
Section VI VISION OR STATUS QUO IN THE 1970S
Chapter 13 HENRY KISSINGER Vision or Status Quo? Jussi Hanhimäki Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
Chapter 14 VALÉRY GISCARD D’ESTAING AND HIS VISION OF THE END OF THE COLD WAR Georges-Henri Soutou Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	208
Section VII EVOLUTIONARY VISIONS AND UNEXPECTED RESULTS IN THE 1980S
Chapter 15 ENDING THE COLD WAR, UNINTENTIONALLY Gregory F. Domber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
Chapter 16 COMMON SECURITY AS A WAY TO OVERCOME THE (SECOND) COLD WAR? Willy Brandt’s Strategy for Peace in the 1980s Bernd Rother Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
Chapter 17 WHICH SOCIALISM AFTER THE COLD WAR? Gorbachev’s Vision and Its Impact on the French Left Marie-Pierre Rey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
Chapter 18 THATCHER’S DOUBLE-TRACK ROAD TO THE END OF THE COLD WAR The Irreconcilability of Liberalization and Preservation Ilaria Poggiolini Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	266
Chapter 19 MITTERRAND’S VISION AND THE END OF THE COLD WAR Frédéric Bozo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	280
Chapter 20 VISIONS OF ENDING THE COLD WAR Triumphalism and U.S. Soviet Policy in the 1980s Beth A. Fischer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	294
Chapter 21 THE POWER OF IMAGINATION How Reagan’s SDI Inadvertently Contributed to the End of the Cold War Marilena Gala Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	309
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	323
NOTES ON THE CONTRIBUTORS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	344
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	350

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 366
Keywords: History: 20th Century to Present

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Published: March 1, 2012
ISBN: 9780857453709