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Drawing on recently declassified Soviet sources, this book sheds new light on the division of Europe in the aftermath of World War II. By tracing Stalin's attitude toward neutrality in international politics, Ruggenthaler provides important insights into the origins of the Cold War.
List of contents
Introduction: Soviet European Policy in World War II
Chapter 1: Soviet Central and Northern European policy: 1945 to the Foundation of NATO in 1949
The Soviet Union and the German Question 1945 to 1949
Austria in the Context of Soviet European Policy (1945 to 1949)
The Soviet Union and Scandinavia 1945-1949
Chapter 2: Neutrality and the Consolidation of the Eastern Bloc-The Perpetuation of a Divided Europe: Stalin's European Policy 1949 to 1952-1953
The Foundation of COMECON: Soviet Aims and Strategies
Soviet Reactions to the Foundation of NATO
Soviet German Policy 1949 to 1951
Neutrality for a Unified Germany?
The Soviet Union's Austrian Policy Between 1949 and 1952-1953-Austria as a Factor in the Consolidation of the Eastern Bloc
The USSR and Scandinavia
Chapter 3: Neutrality and Soviet Foreign Policy
About the author
Peter Ruggenthaler is senior research fellow at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Research on War¿s Consequences and lecturer at the University of Graz.
Summary
Drawing on recently declassified Soviet sources, this book sheds new light on the division of Europe in the aftermath of World War II. By tracing Stalin's attitude toward neutrality in international politics, Ruggenthaler provides important insights into the origins of the Cold War.
