The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Soviet-American Relations and the Struggle for Power in the Kremlin, June-November, 1961

by Robert M. Slusser

Overview

Originally published in 1973. This book uses the Berlin Crisis of 1961 as a starting point to investigate Soviet-American relations in the Kruschev period. The book first chronicles the timeline of the succession of events during the Berlin Crisis and their interrelation. It then turns to the close interaction between Soviet and foreign policy before situating the event into the broader timeline of Soviet history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781421432250
Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date:	12/01/2019
Pages:	530
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Robert M. Slusser was a professor of Russian and Soviet history at Michigan State University. He also taught at Johns Hopkins University and Columbia University. He wrote a number of books on Russian history, including The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Soviet-American Relations and the Struggle for Power in the Kremlin, June-November 1961.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Chapter 1. The Opening Phase: The Soviets Stake Their Claim
Chapter 2. Framing a Western Position
Chapter 3. The Soviets Increase the Pressure
Chapter 4. The Western Riposte, June 29-July 25
Chapter 5. The Soviets Decide on the Minimum Objective
Chapter 6. The West Looks for an Opening
Chapter 7. Climax : The Soviets Act
Chapter 8. The Collective Leadership Reviews the Situation
Chapter 9. Second Climax: The Twenty-second Party Congress
Glossary
List of Works Cited
Abbreviations of Works Most Frequently Cited
Acknowledgments
Subject Index
Name Index

Editorial Reviews

Demonstrates with admirable cogency that a well-founded interpretation [of the Kennedy-Khrushchev era] is possible . . . Lay[s] bare the workings of the Russian political process in the age of collective leadership.
—Times Literary Supplement

From the Publisher

"Demonstrates with admirable cogency that a well-founded interpretation [of the Kennedy-Khrushchev era] is possible... Lay[s] bare the workings of the Russian political process in the age of collective leadership."

Times Literary Supplement