
Berlin Between Two Worlds
Ronald A. Francisco(Editor)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 22. July 2019
Book
Hardback
184 pages
978-0-367-00873-4 (ISBN)
Description
Berlin has been a central issue in the postwar dispute between East and West and was often the spark that brought the Soviet bloc and the West to the brink of confrontation. Although the city's role in international politics has been muted in the nearly quarter century since the erection of the Berlin Wall, its political status remains unsettled, and its potential to precipitate a crisis and even a military conflict has lessened only by degree. The contributors to this volume discuss Berlin's future from the perspective of all the major national actors involved. Just as the Quadripartite Agreement of 1971 was a necessary prerequisite for East-West detente, any future change in the division of Germany or in East-West relations will require fundamental shifts in long-held positions on the status of Berlin. The authors show how the perceptions, stakes, and even risks of the Berlin issue vary by nation and explore the reasons why Berlin is likely to continue to be an obstacle to East-West cooperation.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
530 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-00873-4 (9780367008734)
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Person
Ronald A. Francisco is Professor of Political Science at the University of Kansas. For eight years he has also been the author of highly-downloaded guide on finance and investment for income, 'Finance for Academics', which introduces necessary facts and concepts of finance to the academic world.
Content
Foreword -- Introduction: Divided Berlin in Postwar Politics -- The West -- The United States and Berlin -- Western Europe and West Berlin -- Paris, Moscow and the Berlin Problem -- The East -- West Berlin-GDR Relations: A West German Perspective -- The Relations Between West Berlin and the Warsaw Pact States -- Berlin and East German-Soviet Relations -- Berlin and the GDR: From Crisis Point to Bargaining Chip -- Prospects for Berlin: Economic and Social Trends -- West Berlin and the Two Germanies: The Interplay of Political and Economic Motives -- Postwar Berlin: Divided City