Helsinki 1975 and the Transformation of Europe

It was in Europe that the Cold War reached a decisive turning point in the 1960s, leading to the era of detente. The Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), with its Final Act in Helsinki in August 1975, led to a rapprochement between East and West in the fields of security, economy and culture.

[All contributions]are valuable to the international history of détente in the 1960s and 1970s...this volume lays important groundwork for a future history of the CSCE. · German History The key analytical concept giving the volume its coherence is that of communicationThe book is a thorough and useful addition to the literature. · European History Quarterly

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Gottfried Niedhart is a retired Professor of Modern History at the University of Mannheim and at present heading an international research project on " Détente and CSCE in Europe 1966-1975". He has published widely on English and German history and on the history of international relations mainly in the twentieth century and more recently on EastWest relations. His publications include Geschichte Englands im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert (Munich 2004) and Die Außenpolitik der Weimarer Republik (Munich 2006).

Inhalt
Preface
Archival Sources
Abbreviations Introduction
Oliver Bange and Gottfried Niedhart Chapter 1. An Intricate Web - Ostpolitik, the European Security System and German Unification
Oliver Bange Chapter 2. Peaceful Change of Frontiers as a Crucial Element in the West German Strategy of Transformation
Gottfried Niedhart Chapter 3. France and the German Question in the Context of Ostpolitik and CSCE, 1969-1974
Marie-Pierre Rey Chapter 4. Transformation or Status quo: The Conflict of Stratagems in Washington over the Meaning and Purpose of CSCE and MBFR, 1969-1973
Stephan Kieninger Chapter 5. Britain, the German question and the Transformation of Europe: From Ostpolitik to the Helsinki Conference (1963-1975)
Luca Ratti Notes on contributors
Bibliography
Index

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