UID:
kobvindex_ZMS08104785
Umfang:
XII, 227 Seiten
ISBN:
0415354633
,
9780415354639
Serie:
Cold War history series 14
Inhalt:
Nach Öffnung russischer Archive in den 1990er Jahren war es der Autorin möglich, Quellen aus der Zeit des Kalten Krieges, vor allem zur zweiten Berlinkrise, zu sichten und auszuwerten. Daraus resultiert eine neue Sicht auf die Rolle des britischen Premierministers Mcmillan und des sowjetischen Regierungschefs und Ministerpräsidenten Nikita Chruschtschow. Dabei spielen die diplomatischen Bemühungen während des Besuchs Macmillans 1959 in Moskau und die während der Pariser Gipfelkonferenz 1960 von beiden Seiten eine entscheidende Rolle.
Inhalt:
This new study casts fresh light on the roles of Harold Macmillan and Nikita Khrushchev and their efforts to achieve a compromise settlement on the pivotal Berlin Crisis. Drawing on previously unseen documents and secret archive material, Kitty Newman demonstrates how the British Prime Minister acted to prevent the crisis sliding into a disastrous nuclear conflict. She shows how his visit to Moscow in 1959 was a success, which convinced Khrushchev of a sincere effort to achieve a lasting settlement. Despite the initial reluctance of the French and the Americans, and the consistent opposition of the Germans, Macmillan's subsequent efforts led to a softening of the Western line on Berlin and to the formulation of a set of proposals that might have achieved a peaceful resolution to the crisis if the Paris Conference of 1960 had not collapsed in acrimony. This volume also assesses Khrushchev's role, which despite his sometimes intemperate language, was to secure a peaceful settlement which would stabilize the East German regime, maintain the status quo in Europe and prevent the reunification of a resurgent, nuclearized Germany, thereby paving the way for disarmament.
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Historische Darstellung
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