Final Act - The Helsinki Accords and the Transformation of the Cold War

"The Final Act offers by far the most comprehensive history of a critical turning point in modern international diplomacy."--Thomas Borstelmann, author of The 1970s: A New Global History from Civil Rights to Economic Inequality

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Michael Cotey Morgan

Summary

The definitive account of the historic diplomatic agreement that provided a blueprint for ending the Cold WarThe Helsinki Final Act was a watershed of the Cold War. Signed by thirty-five European and North American leaders at a summit in Finland in the summer of 1975, the document presented a vision for peace based on common principles and coop

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"Winner of the Edgar S. Furniss Book Award, Mershon Center for International Security Studies"

Product details

• Authors: Michael Cotey Morgan, Morgan Michael Cotey
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9780691210469
• ISBN: 978-0-691-21046-9
• No. of pages: 414
• Series: America in the World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, Finland, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Treaties, Diplomacy, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1970 to c 1980, The Cold War, Cold wars and proxy conflicts, Treaties & Other Sources Of International Law, Public international law: treaties and other sources, HISTORY / Russia / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet