The Long Détente: Changing Concepts of Security and Cooperation in Europe, 1950s-1980s

by Oliver Bange

This book presents pieces of evidence, which - taken together - lead to an argument that goes against the grain of the established Cold War narrative. The argument is that a "long d tente" existed between East and West from the 1950s to the 1980s, that it existed and lasted for good (economic, national security, societal) reasons, and that it had a profound impact on the outcome of the conflict between East and West and the quintessentially peaceful...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9633861276
• ISBN13: 9789633861271
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Central European University Press
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher