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The relaxation of the Cold War Bloc tensions in the 1970s - the so-called détente process - was a watershed in the history of the Cold War. Recent research suggests that this process is far more significant than previously believed for understanding and explaining the developments that brought about the peaceful end of the Cold War in the late 1980s.
The present collection of essays provides a rich and detailed account of many important yet neglected aspects of these processes. The contributions elucidate the European detente process from NGO grass-root as well as top diplomatic level perspectives, including the Helsinki Conference and the Helsinki Final Act of 1975, and in particular its stipulations on respect of human rights and human contacts across the Iron Curtain.
The contributions are original research based on recently opened and not previously used state and private archives in Western and Eastern Europe and in the United States, written by senior scholars and younger researchers from Germany Poland, the United States, Switzerland, Italy, Norway and Denmark. Together, they shed new and fascinating light on a defining chapter in recent European history.
Introduction: The Secrets of European Détente Poul Villaume Odd Arne Westad 7
The Cold War: What It Was About and Why It Ended Wilfried Loth 19
Polish Reactions to the West German Ostpolitik and East-West Détente, 1966-1978 Wanda Jarzabek 35
The GDR in the Era of Detente: Conflicting Perceptions and Strategies, 1965-1975 Oliver Bange 57
Forced to Cooperate: The Brandt Government and the Nixon Administration on the Road to Helsinki Giovanni Bernardini 79
Transformation versus Status Quo: The Survival of the Transformation Strategy during the Nixon Years Stephan Kieninger 101
The Main Task of the European Political Cooperation: Fostering Detente in Europe Angela Romano 123
Bridging the Gap between East and West: The N+N as Catalysts of the CSCE Process, 1972-1983 Thomas Fischer 143
The Rise of the Helsinki Network: "A Sort of Lifeline" for Eastern Europe Sarah B. Snyder 179
Transatlantic Relations, Human Rights, and Power Politics Gregory F. Domber 195
French Support for Eastern European Dissidence, 1968-1989: Approaches and Controversies Bent Boel 215
Appendix: From Helsinki to Belgrade Skjold G. Mellbin 243
Contributors 253
Select Bibliography 257
Index 265
Overview
The relaxation of the Cold War Bloc tensions in the 1970s - the so-called détente process - was a watershed in the history of the Cold War. Recent research suggests that this process is far more significant than previously believed for understanding and explaining the developments that brought about the peaceful end of the Cold War in the late 1980s.
The present collection of essays provides a rich and detailed account of many important yet neglected aspects of these processes. ...