Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Foreign RelationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 752
Book Description
Documnents of Germany, 1944-59
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Foreign RelationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 752
Book Description
Documents on Germany, 1944-1959
Author: United States. Department of State. Historical OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Berlin (Germany)
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
The Soviet Union and the German Question September 1958 – June 1961
Author: George D. EmbreePublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401527490
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Since the end of World War II Germany and Berlin, in particular, have pro vided the Soviet Union with convenient points on which to apply pressure upon the West. In September 1955 the Russians formally terminated the occupation status of their zone and recognized the "sovereignty" of the "German Democratic Republic", but in doing so they reserved to the Soviet Army control over the movement of British, French, and American military personnel and freight between West Berlin and the Federal German Re public which the Western Big Three had recognized as a sovereign state in 1954· In September 1958 the Soviet Union began exerting new pressure upon the West to alter the status of Berlin and Germany. Its initial moves sug gested the Russians were primarily interested in concluding a peace treaty with a divided Germany and making West Berlin a so-called "free city- unilaterally if need be - by the end of May 1959. However, intensive diplomatic maneuvering on both sides soon revealed the Russian position to be more flexible than originally indicated and one of its primary goals to be the calling of a summit conference which the Soviet Union had sought since 1956. Shortly before the expiration of N. S. Khrushchov's November 27, 1958, six-month "ultimatum," the Big Four had reached sufficient agreement to convene a Foreign Ministers' Conference. However, after three months of fruitless negotiations it produced only deadlock.
The Oder-Neisse Line
Author: Debra J. AllenPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313052441
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
When the United States and its World War II allies met at the Potsdam Conference to provisionally establish the Oder-Neisse line as Poland's western border and to acknowledge the removal of Germans from the area, they created a controversial Cold War issue that would not be resolved until 1990. American policy makers throughout those decades studied and analyzed materials and reports to determine whether the border should be adjusted or recognized to promote the well being of Europe and the United States. This is the first study to cover the full history of the Oder-Niesse line and its impact on U.S. relations with Poland and the Federal Republic of Germany, as well as its domestic implications, throughout the Cold War years. As with many diplomatic questions, the State Department did not have the luxury of addressing this issue in a vacuum. Instead, the foreign policy bureaucracy had to keep its focus on the border issue while scrutinizing Soviet words and actions regarding its satellites in East Germany and Poland, and to address members of Congress and the public (including various groups of Polish Americans) who wanted specific, but often differing, actions taken in respect to the border. This work reveals how the diplomats and policy makers handled such internal conflict, the sometimes skewed perceptions of America held by Europeans, and how the State Department interacted with the public.
Committee Prints
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign RelationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1694
Book Description
GIs and Germans
Author: Petra GoeddePublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300090222
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
"Goedde finds that as American soldiers fraternized with German civilians, particularly as they formed sexual relationships with women, they developed a feminized image of Germany that contrasted sharply with their wartime image of the aggressive Nazi storm trooper. A perception of German "victimhood" emerged that was fostered by the German population and adopted by Americans.
Document on German Foreign Policy, 1918-1945
Author: United States Department of StatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 814
Book Description
Documents on Germany, 1944-1985
Author: Guide to Captured German Documents
Author: Gerhard L. WeinbergPublisher:
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Category : Germany
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Berlin on the Brink
Author: Daniel F. HarringtonPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813140641
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 635
Book Description
The Berlin blockade brought former allies to the brink of war. Britain, France, the United States and the Soviet Union defeated and began their occupation of Germany in 1945, and within a few years, the Soviets and their Western partners were jockeying for control of their former foe. Attempting to thwart the Allied powers' plans to create a unified West German government, the Soviets blocked rail and road access to the western sectors of Berlin in June 1948. With no other means of delivering food and supplies to the German people under their protection, the Allies organized the Berlin airlift. In Berlin on the Brink: The Blockade, the Airlift, and the Cold War, Daniel F. Harrington examines the "Berlin question" from its origin in wartime plans for the occupation of Germany through the Paris Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in 1949. Harrington draws on previously untapped archival sources to challenge standard accounts of the postwar division of Germany, the origins of the blockade, the original purpose of the airlift, and the leadership of President Harry S. Truman. While thoroughly examining four-power diplomacy, Harrington demonstrates how the ingenuity and hard work of the people at the bottom—pilots, mechanics, and Berliners—were more vital to the airlift's success than decisions from the top. Harrington also explores the effects of the crisis on the 1948 presidential election and on debates about the custody and use of atomic weapons. Berlin on the Brink is a fresh, comprehensive analysis that reshapes our understanding of a critical event of cold war history.