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Author Pechlivanis, Paschalis, author

Title America and Romania in the Cold War : a differentiated détente, 1969-80 / Paschalis Pechlivanis
Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 200 pages)
Series Cold War history
Cold War history series (London, England)
Contents Richard Nixon in Romania -- Romania looks further west -- From Nixon to Ford -- Gerald Ford and US-Romanian relations -- Jimmy Carter's foreign policy and Eastern Europe -- Jimmy Carter and US-Romanian relations
Summary "This book examines the US foreign policy of differentiation towards the socialist regimes of Eastern Europe as it was implemented by various administrations towards Ceausescu's Romania from 1969 to 1980. Drawing from multi-archival research from both US and Romanian sources, this is the first comprehensive analysis of differentiation and shows that Washington's Eastern European policy in the 1970s was more nuanced than the common East vs. West narrative suggests. By examining systemic Cold War factors such as the rise of détente between the two superpowers and the role of agency, the study deals with the dynamics that shaped the evolution of American-Romanian relations after Bucharest's opening towards the West, and the subsequent embrace of this initiative by Washington as an instrument to undermine the unity of the Soviet bloc. Furthermore, it revises interpretations about Carter's celebrated human rights policy based on the Romanian case, pointing towards a remarkable continuity between the three administrations under examination (Nixon, Ford and Carter). By doing so, this study contributes to the field by highlighting a largely neglected aspect of US foreign policy and uncovers the subtleties of Washington's relations with one of the most vigorous actors of the Eastern European bloc. This book will be of much interest to students of Cold War Studies, US foreign policy, Eastern European politics, and International Relations in general."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Paschalis Pechlivanis is a Lecturerin theHistory of International Relations at Utrecht University, the Netherlands, and a Research Fellow at the Institute for Research in the Humanities, University of Bucharest, Romania
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 25, 2019)
Subject Cold War.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Diplomacy.
Diplomatic relations
SUBJECT United States -- Foreign relations -- Romania
Romania -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140098
Romania -- Foreign relations -- 1944-1989. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93002118
Subject Romania
United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019001023
ISBN 9780429401596
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9780429686290
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9780429686313
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