East-West Conflict - Elite Perceptions and Political Options

List of contents

Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction: Perceptions and Conflict -- Western Attitudes Toward the Soviet Union: Perceptions and Misperceptions -- Learning in East-West Relations: The Superpowers as Habit-Driven Actors -- What Are the Russians Up to Now: The Beliefs of American Leaders About the Soviet Union and Soviet-American Relations, 1976-1984 -- FRG Perceptions of the Soviet Threat -- Gorbachev's America Problem -- Soviet Perceptions of the Federal Republic of Germany -- The German Question from an East European Perspective -- West German Foreign Policy and the Bifurcation of the Western Security Regime -- On the Potential for Forging a U.S.-FRG Policy Consensus Vis-à-Vis the Soviet Union

Summary

This book aims to bring together American and West German scholars in order to analyze U.S., German, and Soviet elite perceptions of East-West conflict. It attempts to assess the policy implications and political options for the West.

Product details

• Authors: Michael D. Intriligator
• Assisted by: Michael D. Intriligator (Editor), Hans-Adolf Jacobsen (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9780367164393
• ISBN: 978-0-367-16439-3
• No. of pages: 212
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; History, HISTORY / General