Moscow, Germany, and the West from Khrushchev to Gorbachev (Studies of the Harriman Institute)

Winner of the 1991 Marshall Shulman Prize of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies The 1990s promise a new era for Europe and for East-West relations, as the two German states, which epitomized the continent's postwar division, move rapidly toward reunification. In this authoritative account of Soviet-German relations during the critical decades leading up to this revolutionary development, Michael J. Sodaro provides a comparative analysis of Soviet and East German foreign policy toward West Germany of unparalleled scope and originality. Frontmatter Acknowledgments (page ix) A Note on Transliteration (page xi) Abbreviations and Acronyms (page xiii) Introduction (page 1) I. Analyzing Soviet-German Relations (page 8) 2. Krushchev's Thwarted Initiative: 1963-1964 (page 43) 3. Prospects for Change in Europe: 1965-1967 (page 72) 4. The Czech Crisis and Ulbricht's Grand Design: 1968 (page 108) 5. Turning Points: 1969 (page 135) 6. Building Détente: 1970 (page 166) 7. Extending Détente: 1971-1972 (page 203) 8. Defining Détente: 1973-1977 (page 227) 9. In the Shadow of the Missiles: 1978-1984 (page 265) I0. New Thinking: 1985-1990 (page 317) II. The Domestic Context of Moscow's German Policy (page 384) Index (page 411)