Title First steps toward détente : American diplomacy in the Berlin crisis, 1958-1963 / Richard D. Williamson

Published Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xxx, 237 pages) Contents Introduction : first steps to détente -- Prologue : the US, USSR, and Berlin, 1953-1958 -- "A free city" : Khrushchev's November proposals, Allied response, and a foreign minister's conference, November 1958-May 1959 -- "Seeking a summit" : Khrushchev's US visit, Western heads of state meeting, the U-2 incident, and the Paris Summit, June 1959-December 1960 -- "Vienna & the Wall" : Kennedy's first months, Vienna Summit, the Acheson plan, and the Berlin Wall, January-August 1961 -- "Salami tactics" : Allied collapse, Kennedy's private approach, and showdown at Checkpoint Charlie, September-December 1961 -- "Vital interests" : Thompson-Gromyko in Moscow, Rusk-Gromyko in Geneva, and Rusk-Dobrynin in Washington, Geneva ENDC sessions, and Soviet missiles in Cuba, January-August 1962 -- "A slippery slope" : new harassment in Berlin, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Allied estrangement, and the limited test ban treaty, September 1962-November 1963 -- Summary : American diplomacy in the Berlin crisis Summary First Steps toward Détente is a history of negotiations associated with the Berlin crisis from 1958-1963, regulated by disarmament talks. Events include Khrushchev's visit to the U.S. in 1959, the Paris 1960 and Vienna 1961 summits, the construction of the Berlin Wall, the stalemate at Checkpoint Charlie, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Limited Test Ban Treaty-all linked by ongoing diplomatic activities Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971 SUBJECT Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 fast Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971 fast Subject Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General. Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989 Diplomatic relations International law SUBJECT United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140115 Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125763 United States -- Foreign relations -- 1961-1963. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140100 Berlin (Germany) -- International status. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013351 Subject Germany Germany -- Berlin Soviet Union United States Form Electronic book LC no. 2012000554 ISBN 9780739168813 0739168819 1280679816 9781280679810 9786613656742 6613656747

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