Bibliograph

Dealing with the devil, East Germany, détente, and Ostpolitik, 1969-1973, M.E. Sarotte

Type

Label

Dealing with the devil, East Germany, détente, and Ostpolitik, 1969-1973, M.E. Sarotte

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Dealing with the devil

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

M.E. Sarotte

Series statement

The new Cold War history

Sub title

East Germany, détente, and Ostpolitik, 1969-1973

Summary

Using new archival sources--including previously secret documents of the East German secret police and Communist Party--M. E. Sarotte goes behind the scenes of Cold War Germany during the era of detente, as East and West tried negotiation instead of confrontation to settle their differences. In Dealing with the Devil, she explores the motives of the German Democratic Republic and its Soviet backers in responding to both the detente initiatives, or Ostpolitik, of West Germany and the foreign policy of the United States under President Nixon. Sarotte focuses on both public and secret contacts between the two halves of the German nation during Brandt's chancellorship, exposing the cynical artifices constructed by negotiators on both sides. Her analysis also details much of the superpower maneuvering in the era of detente, since German concerns were ever present in the minds of leaders in Washington and Moscow, and reveals the startling degree to which concern over China shaped European politics during this time. More generally, Dealing with the Devil presents an illuminating case study of how the relationship between center and periphery functioned in the Cold War Soviet empire

Target audience

adult

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