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Informationen zum Autor Edited by Klaus Larres and Kenneth Osgood Klappentext After Stalin's death in March 1953, many in the West were hopeful that it might be possible to overcome the Cold War and settle the plethora of outstanding East-West questions with the new leaders in the Kremlin. However, less than a decade after Stalin's death the Berlin Wall was erected and the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world close to nuclear annihilation. Was this development unavoidable? The essays in this book offer a historical understanding of this crucial period of the Cold War, assessing both the possibilities for change and the obstacles to détente. All of the essays are based on original research, many of them drawing from previously inaccessible archival documents from both the East and West. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: International Politics in the Early Post-Stalin Era: A Lost Opportunity, a Turning Point, or More of the Same?Part I: The Soviet Union and the United States after StalinChapter 1: The Elusive Détente: Stalin's Successors and the WestChapter 2: The Perils of Coexistence: Peace and Propaganda in Eisenhower's Foreign PolicyChapter 3: A Missed Chance for Peace?: Opportunities for Détente in EuropeChapter 4: Poisoned Apples: John Foster Dulles and the Peace OffensivePart II: The Peace Offensives in Cultural ContextChapter 5: Meanings of Peace: The Rhetorical Cold War after StalinChapter 6: Stalin's Ghost: Cold War Culture and U.S.-Soviet RelationsPart III: Fragile Coalitions, East and WestChapter 7: The Road to Geneva 1955: Churchill's Summit Diplomacy and Anglo-American Tension after Stalin's DeathChapter 8: Alliance Politics after Stalin's Death: Franco-American Conflict in Europe and AsiaChapter 9: Coexistence and Confrontation: Sino-Soviet Relations after StalinChapter 10: The New Course: Soviet Policy Toward Germany and the Uprising in the GDRPart IV: Assessing Peaceful CoexistenceChapter 11: Cold War, Détente, and the 1956 Hungarian RevolutionChapter 12: The Robust Assertion of Austrianism: Peaceful Coexistence in Austria after Stalin's DeathChapter 13: The Lure of Neutrality: Finland and the Cold WarChapter 14: Treacherous Ground: Soviet-Japanese Relations and the United States...
