Reassessing Cold War Europe.

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 ideolog...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Autio-Sarasmo, Sari (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Miklóssy, Katalin 1964- (Collaborateur)
Format: Ebook
Langue:English
Publié: London : Routledge, 2010
Édition:1st ed.
Titres liés à la collection:Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe Ser.
Sujets:Cold War World politics Europe, Eastern - Relations - Europe, Western Electronic books Europa Ost-West-Konflikt
Description matérielle:1 online resource (246 pages)
Table des matières:
  • 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, 1956-616 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;