Eisenhower and Adenauer - Alliance Maintenance Under Pressure, 1953-1960

Informationen zum Autor Steven J. Brady teaches history at the University of Notre Dame, where he is a faculty fellow of the Nanovic Institute for European Studies. Klappentext This book addresses the US-West German alliance in the 1950s, during which time Dwight Eisenhower was in the White House and Konrad Adenauer in the Federal Chancery. This is a unique multi-lateral, multi-archival work that analyzes the dilemmas and ultimate successes of the Cold War alliance that was most crucial for Western Europe during the early years of the Cold War. Zusammenfassung This book addresses the US-West German alliance in the 1950s! during which time Dwight Eisenhower was in the White House and Konrad Adenauer in the Federal Chancery. This is a unique multi-lateral! multi-archival work that analyzes the dilemmas and ultimate successes of the Cold War alliance that was most crucial for Western Europe during the early years of the Cold War. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1. Introduction: Issues, Events, and Personalities Chapter 2. "Confined to the Smallest Number of Powers": The Peace Offensive after Stalin Chapter 3. "There Is No Other Foreign Policy": The Road to Berlin Chapter 4. "The Year Things Began to Get Unstuck": 1955 Chapter 5. "The Key to World Dominance": Western Unity and the Foreign Policy Initiative, 1956 Chapter 6. Toward Berlin and the Status Quo: 1957-1958 Chapter 7. "The Strongest Weapon is Unity": Berlin, 1958-1960

Product details

• Authors: Steven Brady, Steven J. Brady
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.01.2010
• EAN: 9780739142257
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-4225-7
• No. of pages: 277
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Series: The Harvard Cold War Studies Book Series; Harvard Cold War Studies Books; The Harvard Cold War Studies Book Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Germany, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, International Relations, United States of America, USA, c 1950 to c 1959, C 1945 To C 1960