Detente in Europe: The Soviet Union & the West Since 1953

by John Van Oudenaren

The monumental events in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union must be understood, Jan Van Oudenaren argues, in the context of a process of East-West detente begun in 1953 in the aftermath of Stalin's death. Van Oudenaren's comprehensive and timely study examines the development of Soviet-Western detente from the death of Stalin to the unification of Germany. In redefining detente as a process, rather than a code of conduct, Van Oudenaren looks to its...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822311410
• ISBN13: 9780822311416
• Release Date: April 1991
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 510 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"