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Author : Josef Becker,Franz Knipping
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 593 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110863918
Author : Josef Becker,Franz Knipping
Publisher : de Gruyter
Page : 583 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Europe
ISBN : 3110106086
Author : Ennio Di Nolfo
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110874365
Author : Marco Wyss
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004234413
Marco Wyss examines the extensive Anglo-Swiss armaments relationship between 1945 and 1958 in light of their bilateral relations, and thereby assesses the role of arms transfers, neutrality and Britain, as well as the two countries' relationship during the Cold War.
Author : Saki Dockrill
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Europe
ISBN : 9780521381116
Author : J. Robert Wegs,Robert Ladrech
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230211223
As Europe has expanded its influence in world economic and political affairs, there has been an increased need to understand how Europe recovered from the devastation of World War II to become a major world player. This concise history offers a comprehensive overview of Europe's political, social, economic and cultural developments since 1945. J. Robert Wegs and Robert Ladrech balance a narrative of the major events and personalities of the post-war political scene with a critical assessment of key issues and themes, such as: - The development of the welfare state - European integration and the European Union - The Cold War - The rise and fall of the Soviet Empire - The political-economic turmoil in eastern Europe since 1989 - The place of Europe in the globalisation of the world's political-economic affairs The text also features further reading sections at the end of each chapter to aid more detailed study, and is enhanced throughout with tables, maps and illustrations. Written for students and general readers alike, this thoroughly revised, updated and expanded new edition is an ideal introduction for anyone with an interest in the history and politics of post-war Europe, east and west.
Author : Sebastian Rosato
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2010-12-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780801460982
The construction of the European Community (EC) has widely been understood as the product of either economic self-interest or dissatisfaction with the nation-state system. In Europe United, Sebastian Rosato challenges these conventional explanations, arguing that the Community came into being because of balance of power concerns. France and the Federal Republic of Germany—the two key protagonists in the story—established the EC at the height of the cold war as a means to balance against the Soviet Union and one another. More generally, Rosato argues that international institutions, whether military or economic, largely reflect the balance of power. In his view, states establish institutions in order to maintain or increase their share of world power, and the shape of those institutions reflects the wishes of their most powerful members. Rosato applies this balance of power theory of cooperation to several other cooperative ventures since 1789, including various alliances and trade pacts, the unifications of Italy and Germany, and the founding of the United States. Rosato concludes by arguing that the demise of the Soviet Union has deprived the EC of its fundamental purpose. As a result, further moves toward political and military integration are improbable, and the economic community is likely to unravel to the point where it becomes a shadow of its former self.
Author : Anne Deighton
Publisher : Springer
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781349240524
Controversy surrounds the construction of postwar European institutions. Did West European states simply respond to American pressure and Cold-War politics? How important was federalist idealism, as opposed to economic and power political factors to decision-makers? These studies, by an international team of historians, examine the motivations of national political leaders and their officials. Topics covered include British and French officials, European integration and military policies; German, Italian, Belgian and Dutch attitudes; Britain and the first attempt to join the EEC; and the covert relationship between the USA and the European federalists.
Author : Robert J. McMahon
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198859543
Vividly written and based on up-to-date scholarship, this title provides an interpretive overview of the international history of the Cold War.
Author : R. Gerald Hughes
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780936451
Focusing on the Cold War and the post-Cold War eras, R. Gerald Hughes explores the continuing influence of Appeasement on British foreign policy and re-evaluates the relationship between British society and Appeasement, both as historical memory and as a foreign policy process. The Postwar Legacy of Appeasement explores the reaction of British policy makers to the legacies of the era of Appeasement, the memory of Appeasement in public opinion and the media and the use of Appeasement as a motif in political debate regarding threats faced by Britain in the post-war era. Using many previously unpublished archival sources, this book clearly demonstrates that many of the core British beliefs and cultural norms that had underpinned the Chamberlainite Appeasement of the 1930s persisted in the postwar period.
Author : Mark Hewitson,Matthew D'Auria
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857457288
The period between 1917 and 1957, starting with the birth of the USSR and the American intervention in the First World War and ending with the Treaty of Rome, is of the utmost importance for contextualizing and understanding the intellectual origins of the European Community. During this time of 'crisis,' many contemporaries, especially intellectuals, felt they faced a momentous decision which could bring about a radically different future. The understanding of what Europe was and what it should be was questioned in a profound way, forcing Europeans to react. The idea of a specifically European unity finally became, at least for some, a feasible project, not only to avoid another war but to avoid the destruction of the idea of European unity. This volume reassesses the relationship between ideas of Europe and the European project and reconsiders the impact of long and short-term political transformations on assumptions about the continent's scope, nature, role and significance.
Author : Antonio Varsori
Publisher : Springer
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349236893
The book, which is the outcome of an international conference held under the auspices of the University of Florence, aims at sketching out, through the contributions by distinguished scholars from various nationalities, the origins and characteristics of the system which has been imposed on Europe between the end of the Second World War and the mid-1950s, as well as at analysing the most important consequences of the events which, from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the 'end of the cold war', have radically transformed the European scene.
Author : David Gowland,Arthur Turner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317878599
During the past fifty years few issues in British politics have generated such heated controversy as Britain's approach to European integration. Why has Europe had such an explosive impact on British politics? What impelled British policymakers to embrace a European destiny and why did they take such a cautious approach? These are some of the key issues addressed inThe Reluctant Europeans. This new study draws upon recently available source material providing a clear chronological account and covering events right up to Blair's first year in office and the launch of the Euro.
Author : Till Geiger
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351954778
Many accounts of British development since 1945 have attempted to discover why Britain experienced slower rates of economic growth than other Western European countries. In many cases, the explanation for this phenomenon has been attributed to the high level of defence spending that successive British post-war governments adhered to. Yet is it fair to assume that Britain's relative economic decline could have been prevented if policy makers had not spent so much on defence? Examining aspects of the political economy and economic impact of British defence expenditure in the period of the first cold war (1945-1955), this book challenges these widespread assumptions, looking in detail at the link between defence spending and economic decline. In contrast to earlier studies, Till Geiger not only analyses the British effort within the framework of Anglo-American relations, but also places it within the wider context of European integration. By reconsidering the previously accepted explanation of the economic impact of the British defence effort during the immediate post-war period, this book convincingly suggests that British foreign policy-makers retained a large defence budget to offset a sense of increased national vulnerability, brought about by a reduction in Britain's economic strength due to her war effort. Furthermore, it is shown that although this level of military spending may have slightly hampered post-war recovery, it was not in itself responsible for the decline of the British economy.
Author : David S. Painter
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Cold War
ISBN : 0415341108
This truly international collection of articles provides a fresh and comprehensive analysis of the origins of the Cold War, moving beyond earlier controversies and including the newest research from the Communist side of the Cold War.