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Title Margins for manoeuvre in Cold War Europe : the influence of smaller powers / edited by Laurien Crump and Susanna Erlandsson
Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020
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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 250 pages)
Series Routledge studies in modern European history
Routledge studies in modern European history.
Contents Introduction: Smaller powers in Cold War Europe / Laurien Crump and Susanna Erlandsson -- Challenging the superpower straightjacket (1965-1975) : multilateralism as an instrument of smaller powers / Laurien Crump and Angela Romano -- Multilateralism as small power strategy (1950-1952) : the Netherlands, the Benelux and the European Defence Community / Trineke Palm -- Small states, alliances and the margins for manoeuvre in the Cold War : Sweden, Norway and the CSCE / Aryo Makko -- A critical ally (1949-1977) : the Dutch Social Democrats, Spain and NATO / Stefanie F.M. Massink -- Manoeuvring into the Soviet market : Polish and Finnish Eastern trade practices during the Cold War / Suvi Kansikas, Mila Oiva and Saara Matala -- The imperative of opening to the West and the impact of the 1968 Crisis : Bulgaria's cooperation with Denmark and West Germany in the 1960s / Elitza Stanoeva -- Americanising the Belgian civilising mission (1941-1961) : the Belgian Information Center in New York and the campaign to cast the Belgian civilising mission as part of the Point IV Programme / Frank Gerits -- A gas giant in a small state's clothes (1981-1982) : a political economy analysis of the Dutch margins for manoeuvre During the Urengoy pipeline crisis / Marloes Beers -- Neutrality as an instrument of small state manoeuvring and the globalisation of neutrality in the Cold War / Johanna Raino-Niemi -- Denuclearisation and regional cooperation : Romania's tactical approaches to escaping bloc rigidities / Corina Mavrodin -- Transitional margins to re-join the West : Spain's dual strategy of democratisation and Europeanisation / Cristina Blanco Sío-López -- 'At last, our voice is heard in the world' : Greece and the Six Nation Initiative during the Euromissile crisis / Erini Karamouzi -- Conclusion: Shedding a new light on Cold War Europe / Laurien Crump and Susanna Erlandsson
Summary "The Cold War is conventionally regarded as a superpower conflict which dominated the shape of international relations between World War II and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Smaller powers had to adapt to a role as pawns in a strategic game of the superpowers, its course beyond their control. This edited volume offers a fresh interpretation of twentieth century smaller European powers - East West, neutral and non-aligned - and argues that their position vis-à-vis the superpowers often provided them with an opportunity rather than merely representing a constraint. Analysing the margins for manoeuvre of these smaller powers, the volume covers a wide array of themes, ranging from cultural to economic issues, energy to diplomacy and Bulgaria to Belgium. Given its holistic and nuanced intervention in studies of the Cold War, this book will be instrumental for students of history, international relations and political science"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Laurien Crump is Associate Professor in Contemporary European History at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. She has published widely on multilateral relations in the Cold War on both sides of the Iron Curtain, based on multi-archival research in eight European countries. Susanna Erlandsson is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of History at Uppsala University, Sweden. She has published on Swedish and Dutch security policies in the 1940s, on personal trust in diplomatic relations and on the role of gender in diplomatic history
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Subject International relations -- History -- 20th century
Cold War.
Middle powers.
States, Small.
World politics -- 1945-1989.
HISTORY / General
HISTORY / Europe / General
HISTORY / Europe / Eastern
Diplomatic relations
International relations
Middle powers
States, Small
World politics
SUBJECT Europe -- Foreign relations -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045684
Subject Europe
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Crump, Laurien, editor.
Erlandsson, Susanna, editor.
LC no. 2019039088
ISBN 9780429425592
0429425597
9780429758454
0429758456
0429758464
9780429758478
0429758472
9780429758461