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Informationen zum Autor Mark Kramer is director of Cold War Studies at Harvard University's Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, where he is also a Senior Fellow. Vit Smetana is a senior research fellow at the Institute for Contemporary History of the Czech Republic's Academy of Sciences and teaches modern international history at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague. Klappentext Imposing, Maintaining, and Tearing Open the Iron Curtain, edited by Mark Kramer and Vít Smetana, consists of cutting-edge essays by distinguished experts who discuss the Cold War in Europe from beginning to end, with a particular focus on the countries that were behind the iron curtain. Zusammenfassung Imposing! Maintaining! and Tearing Open the Iron Curtain! edited by Mark Kramer and Vit Smetana! consists of cutting-edge essays by distinguished experts who discuss the Cold War in Europe from beginning to end! with a particular focus on the countries that were behind the iron curtain. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionBy Mark Kramer and Vít SmetanaPart 1. Central Europe and the Onset of the Iron CurtainChapter 1. Stalin, Soviet Policy, and the Establishment of a Communist Bloc in Eastern Europe, 1941-1949By Mark KramerChapter 2. The United States and Eastern Europe, 1943-1948By Michael F. HopkinsChapter 3. Concessions or Conviction? Czechoslovakia's Road to the Cold War and the Soviet BlocBy Vít SmetanaChapter 4. Hungary's Role in the Soviet Bloc, 1945-1956By László BorhiChapter 5. Stalin, the Split with Yugoslavia, and Soviet-East European Efforts to Reassert Control, 1948-1953By Mark KramerChapter 6. Austria, Germany, and the Cold War, 1945-1955By Rolf SteiningerChapter 7. Neutrality for Germany or Stabilizing the Eastern Bloc? New Evidence on the Decision-Making Process of the Stalin NoteBy Peter RuggenthalerPart 2. The German Question and Intra-Bloc Politics in the Post-Stalin EraChapter 8. The Berlin Wall: Looking Back on the History of the Wall Twenty Years after Its FallBy Hope M. HarrisonChapter 9. The German Problem and Security in Europe: Hindrance or Catalyst on the Path to 1989-1990?By Oliver BangeChapter 10. Germany and East-Central Europe, 1945-1990: The View from LondonBy Anne DeightonChapter 11. The German Question as Seen from ParisBy Georges-Henri SoutouChapter 12. Cold War, Détente and the Soviet Bloc: The Evolution of Intra-bloc Foreign Policy Coordination, 1953-1975By Csaba BékésPart 3. The Role of East-Central Europe in Ending the Cold WarChapter 13. Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and the Revolutions of 1989: U.S. Myths versus the Primary SourcesBy Thomas BlantonChapter 14. Moscow and Eastern Europe 1988-1989: A Policy of Optimism and CautionBy Alex PravdaChapter 15. The Opening of the Wall, Eastern Europe, and Gorbachev's Vision of Europe after the Cold WarBy Svetlana SavranskayaChapter 16. Pulling the Rug: East-Central Europe and the Implosion of East GermanyBy Bernd SchaeferChapter 17. The Demise of the Soviet BlocBy Mark KramerPart 4. Long-Term Perspectives on the Cold War and Its EndChapter 18. Nuclear Weapons and the Cold War in EuropeBy David HollowayChapter 19. Why Did the Cold War Last So Long?By Mark KramerChapter 20. The End of the Cold War as a Non-Linear ConfluenceBy Richard Ned LebowChapter 21. Conspicuous Connections: 1968 and 1989By Oldrich TumaChapter 22. 1989 in Historical Perspectives: The Problem of LegitimationBy Silvio PonsChapter 23. The End of the Cold War and the Transformation of Cold War History: A Tale of Two Conferences, 1988-1989By James G. Hershberg...
