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Dealing with the Devil: East Germany, Détente, and Ostpolitik, 1969-1973
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.
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.
Book Details
- Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
- Publish Date: Apr 16th, 2001
- Pages: 328
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.21in - 6.14in - 0.71in - 1.08lb
- EAN: 9780807849156
- Categories: • International Relations - General• Europe - Germany• Eastern Europe - General
About the Author
Sarotte, M. E.: - Professor M. E. Sarotte teaches history at the University of Notre Dame.
Praise for this book
With this study of the East German side of Ostpolitik, Sarotte deepens our knowledge and understanding of one of the pivotal episodes of the Cold War. (Ernest May, Harvard University)
This book is in particular worth reading because it confirms that the relations between the two German states can only be understood in full consideration of the world politics of the time. ("Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung")
This is an excellent and engagingly written study of relations between East and West Germany at a pivotal time in the evolution of d(c)tente between the superpowers. (A. James McAdams, University of Notre Dam