Soviet Foreign Policy Towards East Germany

Author : Achilleas Megas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 331920002X

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Soviet Foreign Policy Towards East Germany by Achilleas Megas Pdf

This book examines Soviet Foreign Policy towards East Germany in the late 1980s. By focusing on the complex interaction between domestic political thought and developments in the international system, the author illustrates the hierarchical relationship between the GDR and the USSR and offers different perspectives for understanding Soviet foreign policy. The books demonstrates that shifts in Soviet policy towards the GDR stemmed, on the one hand, from the international level, in that Soviet security was legitimated by the existence of two full-fledged German states, and, on the other, may be best explained in terms of ideas and Gorbachev's new political philosophy. .

Author : Erik P. Hoffmann, Robbin Frederick Laird, Frederic J. Fleron
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 876 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780202369228

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Soviet Foreign Policy by Erik P. Hoffmann, Robbin Frederick Laird, Frederic J. Fleron Pdf

Author : Hope M. Harrison
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400840724

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Driving the Soviets up the Wall by Hope M. Harrison Pdf

The Berlin Wall was the symbol of the Cold War. For the first time, this path-breaking book tells the behind-the-scenes story of the communists' decision to build the Wall in 1961. Hope Harrison's use of archival sources from the former East German and Soviet regimes is unrivalled, and from these sources she builds a highly original and provocative argument: the East Germans pushed the reluctant Soviets into building the Berlin Wall. This fascinating work portrays the different approaches favored by the East Germans and the Soviets to stop the exodus of refugees to West Germany. In the wake of Stalin's death in 1953, the Soviets refused the East German request to close their border to West Berlin. The Kremlin rulers told the hard-line East German leaders to solve their refugee problem not by closing the border, but by alleviating their domestic and foreign problems. The book describes how, over the next seven years, the East German regime managed to resist Soviet pressures for liberalization and instead pressured the Soviets into allowing them to build the Berlin Wall. Driving the Soviets Up the Wall forces us to view this critical juncture in the Cold War in a different light. Harrison's work makes us rethink the nature of relations between countries of the Soviet bloc even at the height of the Cold War, while also contributing to ongoing debates over the capacity of weaker states to influence their stronger allies.

Author : Ann Phillips
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1986-10-16
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015006597705

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Soviet Policy Toward East Germany Reconsidered by Ann Phillips Pdf

This new study analyzes Soviet political and economic policies toward East Germany from 1945 to 1955, focusing on the transition from ambivalence to support. In her introduction Phillips outlines the postwar situation and reviews differing interpretations of Soviet policy. She reviews the issues of postwar settlement relating to East Germany and describes the conflicts within the Soviet leadership over German policy. Discussing Soviet economic exploitation of Germany and the harsh reparations policy, she contrasts these developments with the relatively moderate Soviet policies of socialization implemented in the same period, including improved consumption, economic aid, and toleration of private trade and production. She analyzes the factors that undermined the stability of the Ulbricht regime and culminated in the June 1953 uprising, creating an abrupt change of direction in Soviet policy toward the German Democratic Republic and East European bloc that existed prior to 1953. She argues that Soviet policies during the immediate postwar period were ambivalent, serving a mix of political and economic goals that were often incompatible, and that the Soviet commitment to incorporate East Germany into the Soviet bloc was not evident until after mid-1953.

Author : James Richter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Cold War
ISBN : STANFORD:36105070032847

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Reexamining Soviet Policy Towards Germany During the Beria Interregnum by James Richter Pdf

"This article [examines] ... recent disclosures about Soviet decionmaking towards Germany in the period from Stalin's death in March 1953 until Beria's arrest in late June of that same year. Many historians and political scientists have wondered if there might have been a chance during this short period to reunify Germany more than thirty years before Gorbachev came to power"--Page 1.

Author : David J. Dallin
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-12-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000805857

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Soviet Foreign Policy after Stalin by David J. Dallin Pdf

Soviet Foreign Policy After Stalin, first published in 1962, reviews the constants and variables in the Soviet international course after Stalin. It examines the legacy of Stalin’s policy of Soviet imperialism, and how much his foreign policy was followed by his successors. It looks at the period of transition, the uprisings in Europe, the new Soviet course toward the ‘uncommitted nations’, Sino-Soviet relations, the ascent of Khrushchev and the stiffening of the Soviet view toward the West.

Author : Victor Baras
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Germany (Democratic Republic, 1949- )
ISBN : WISC:89017327446

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East Germany in Soviet Foreign Policy by Victor Baras Pdf

Author : Alvin Z. Rubinstein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0316760862

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Soviet Foreign Policy Since World War II by Alvin Z. Rubinstein Pdf

Author : Gabriel Gorodetsky
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 0714645060

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Soviet Foreign Policy, 1917-1991 by Gabriel Gorodetsky Pdf

A comprehensive assessment of Soviet relations with the West, set in the context of the emergence of a new Russia. This volume anlayzes the formulation of foreign policy during the period from the first decade of the Bolshevik Revolution, through the gradual erosion of ideological differences.

Author : Melvin Croan
Publisher : Sage Publications (CA)
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015004267657

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East Germany by Melvin Croan Pdf

Author : Erik Hoffmann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351526173

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Contemporary Issues in Soviet Foreign Policy by Erik Hoffmann Pdf

This survey of writings on the debates about and events relating to Soviet foreign policy concentrates on the Gorbachev period. Changes in Soviet theory and foreign policy decision making are covered in the first section. Twelve articles examine Gorbachevs policy towards a number of different geographic regions, and several more assess the permanence of Gorbachevs foreign policy changes.

Author : Robert F. Miller
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000805758

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Soviet Foreign Policy Today by Robert F. Miller Pdf

Soviet Foreign Policy Today (1991) is the culmination of almost 30 years of observations of Soviet foreign and domestic politics, written at the time of Gorbachev’s great changes. It locates the changes of Gorbachev in the context of the traditional goals and practices of Soviet foreign policy, and it does not shy away from presenting seemingly controversial interpretations of the USSR’s international politics.

Author : Robin Edmonds
Publisher : Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:49015000268053

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Soviet Foreign Policy--the Brezhnev Years by Robin Edmonds Pdf

Author : Joseph L. Nogee,Robert H. Donaldson
Publisher : Macmillan College
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015022276599

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Soviet Foreign Policy Since World War II by Joseph L. Nogee,Robert H. Donaldson Pdf

Author : Jeffrey Gedmin
Publisher : American Enterprise Institute
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0844737941

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The Hidden Hand by Jeffrey Gedmin Pdf

An examination of the roots of the reunification of Germany, arguing that Erich Honecker's rigid communist regime was undermined by the conflict between Moscow and East Berlin. In the end, Gorbachev's objective - a radical renewal of socialism - turned out to be unattainable.