Constructed Peace The Making of the European Settlement, 1945-1963

Name: Constructed Peace The Making of the European Settlement, 1945-1963
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ISBN: 9780691002736

ISBN-10: 0691002738

ISBN-13: 9780691002736

Edition: 1999

Authors: Marc Trachtenberg

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People still think of the Cold War as a simple two-sided conflict, a kind of gigantic arm wrestle on a global scale," writes Marc Trachtenberg, "but this view fails to grasp the essence of what was really going on." America and Russia were both willing to live with the status quo in Europe. What then could have generated the kind of conflict that might have led to a nuclear holocaust? This is the great puzzle of the Cold War, and in this book, the product of nearly twenty years of work, Trachtenberg tries to solve it. The answer, he says, has to do with the German question, especially with the German nuclear question. These issues lay at the heart of the Cold War, and a relatively stable…

Book details

List price: $53.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 2/28/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 440
Size: 6.06" wide x 9.02" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English

Marc Trachtenberg is professor of political science at the University of California, Los Angeles. His books include "A Constructed Peace" and "The Craft of International History" (both Princeton).



Preface


Abbreviations



The Division of Europe



A Spheres of Influence Peace?



Toward the Rubicon



The Test of Strength



The Nato System



The Making of the NATO System



Eisenhower and Nuclear Sharing



An Alliance in Disarray



The Cold War Peace



The Politics of the Berlin Crisis, 1958-1960



Kennedy, NATO, and Berlin



A Settlement Takes Shape


Sources and Bibliography


Index