The Diplomacy of Detente: Cooperative Security , Kieninger Paperback..

Taylor & Francis

The Diplomacy of DtenteCooperative Security Policies from Helmut Schmidt to George Shultz\nAuthor(s): Stephan Kieninger\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367590345, 978-0367590345\nSynopsis\nThis book investigates the underlying reasons for the longevity of dtente and its impact on EastWest relations.\n\nThe volume examines the relevance of trade across the Iron Curtain as a means to facilitate mutual trust, as well as the emergence of new habits of transparency regardless of recurring military crises. A major theme of the book concerns Helmut Schmidts foreign policy and his contribution to the resilience of cooperative security policies in EastWest relations. It examines Schmidts crucial role in the Euromissile crisis, his Ostpolitik diplomacy and his pan-European trade initiatives to engage the Soviet Union in a joint perspective of trade, industry and technology. Another key theme concerns the crisis in USSovi.