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Reassessing Cold War Europe
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This book presents a comprehensive reassessment of Europe in the Cold War period, 1945-91. Contrary to popular belief, it shows that relations between East and West were based not only on confronta...
This book presents a comprehensive reassessment of Europe in the Cold War period, 1945-91. Contrary to popular belief, it shows that relations between East and West were based not only on confrontation and mutual distrust, but also on collaboration. The authors reveal that - despite opposing ideologies - there was in fact considerable interaction and exchange between different Eastern and Western actors (such states, enterprises, associations, organisations and individuals) irrespective of the Iron Curtain.This book challenges both the traditional understanding of the East-Wes
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- Creator
- edited by Sari Autio-Sarasmo and Katalin Miklossy
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2011
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (246 p.)
- ISBNs
- 1136898344, 1136898352, 1282930028, 9786612930027, 0203841387, 0415837936, 0415587697
- OCLC
- ocn741356638, ocn692197000
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; Glossary of terms and abbreviations; List of tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Cold War from a new perspective; 1 The Soviet Union's acquisition of Western technology after Stalin: Some thoughts on people and connections; 2 Economic interest in Soviet post-war policy on Finland; 3 CoCom and neutrality: Western export control policies, Finland and the Cold War, 1949-58; 4 Knowledge through the Iron Curtain: Soviet scientific-technical cooperation with Finland and West Germany
- 5 Learning from the French: The modernization of Soviet winemaking, 1956-616 Soft contacts through the Iron Curtain; 7 Internal transfer of cybernetics and informality in the Soviet Union; 8 New advantages of old kinship ties: Finnish-Hungarian interactions in the 1970s; 9 Soviet women, cultural exchange and the Women's International Democratic Federation; 10 Overcoming Cold War boundaries at the World Youth Festivals; 11 Room to manoeuvre?: National interests and coalition-building in the CMEA, 1969-74; Bibliography; Index