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Author Trachtenberg, Marc, 1946-

Title A constructed peace : the making of the European settlement, 1945-1963 / Marc Trachtenberg
Published Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1999

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 424 pages) : illustrations
Series Princeton studies in international history and politics
Princeton studies in international history and politics.
Contents pt. I. The Division of Europe. Ch. 1. A Spheres of Influence Peace? Ch. 2. Toward the Rubicon. Ch. 3. The Test of Strength -- pt. II. The Nato System. Ch. 4. The Making of the NATO System. Ch. 5. Eisenhower and Nuclear Sharing. Ch. 6. An Alliance in Disarray -- pt. III. The Cold War Peace. Ch. 7. The Politics of the Berlin Crisis, 1958-1960. Ch. 8. Kennedy, NATO, and Berlin. Ch. 9. A Settlement Takes Shape
Summary 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 peace took shape only when they were resolved. The book develops this argument by telling a story--a complex story involving many issues of detail, but focusing always on the central question of how a stable international system came into being during the Cold War period. A Constructed Peace will be of interest not just to students of the Cold War, but to people concerned with the problem of war and peace, and in particular with the question of how a stable international order can be constructed, even in our own day.--Publisher description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-418) and index
Notes English
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Subject North Atlantic Treaty Organization
SUBJECT North Atlantic Treaty Organization fast
Universidad Sergio Arboleda gnd
NATO -- Geschichte -- 1945-1963. idszbz
Europa gnd
Subject Peace.
Nuclear weapons -- International cooperation
HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
Diplomatic relations
Nuclear weapons -- International cooperation
Peace
Politics and government
Ost-West-Konflikt
Außenpolitik
Europe - General.
Regions & Countries - Europe.
History & Archaeology.
Atomwaffe -- Internationale Politik.
Internationale Politik -- Atomwaffe.
NATO -- Europa.
Ost-West-Konflikt -- Geschichte -- 1945-1963.
Aussenpolitik -- USA -- Europa -- Geschichte -- 1945-1963.
Aussenpolitik.
SUBJECT Europe -- Politics and government -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045750
Europe -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- Europe
Subject Europe
United States
Europa
USA
Europa -- NATO.
Europa -- Politik -- Geschichte 1945-2000.
Europa -- Aussenpolitik -- USA -- Geschichte 1945-2000.
USA -- Aussenpolitik -- Europa -- Geschichte 1945-2000.
Europa -- USA -- Aussenpolitik -- Geschichte -- 1945-1963.
USA -- Aussenpolitik -- Europa -- Geschichte -- 1945-1963.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 98034874
ISBN 9781400843459
1400843456