Beyond containment and division : western cooperation from a post-totalitarian perspective
Examines the effect on the West of the disintegration of the Soviet Union, analyzing Western co-operation from a post-totalitarian perspective. The author explains why the "order of Yalta" was a myth, and claims that the Soviet designs for Europe were ultimately defeated by civil resistance.
XIV, 267 p.
9780792320142, 079232014X
1055141974
Part I: Designs for Europe 1. War in Europe, 1914-1945, and Rival Prophets for a New World Order. 2. Soviet Designs for Europe. 3. American and West European Responses. Part II: Policies of Containment 4. Containment, Cooperation and Concern: the United Sates and Europe 1945-1989. 5. Containment, within Containment: France and the (West)German Federal Republic 1945-1989. Part III: Beyond Containment and Division. 6. Security beyond Containment: The United States, NATO and the New Europe. 7. Cooperation beyond Division: The European Union, the New Europe and the United States. Annexes. Index.