1989 : the struggle to create post-Cold War Europe /

There are unique periods in history when a single year witnesses the total transformation of international relations. The year 1989 was one such crucial watershed. This book uses previously unavailable sources to explore the momentous events following the fall of the Berlin Wall twenty years ago and...

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Author / Creator: Sarotte, M. E. (Author)
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Edition:Third paperback printing, with a new afterword by the author.
Imprint: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Series:Princeton studies in international history and politics.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Creating post-Cold War Europe : 1989 and the architecture of order
  • Chapter 1. What changes in Summer and Autumn 1989?
  • Tiananmen fails to transfer
  • The Americans step back
  • The status quo ceases to convince
  • East German self-confidence rises
  • Television transforms reality
  • Chapter 2. Restoring four-power rights, reviving a confederation in 1989
  • On the night of November 9
  • What next?
  • The four (occupying?) powers
  • Candy, fruit, and sex
  • The Portugalov push
  • Specters revive
  • The restoration and revival models fall apart
  • Chapter 3. Heroic aspirations in 1990
  • The fournd table
  • Counterrevolution?
  • The consequences of the brush with a stage of terror
  • Emerging controversy over reparations and NATO
  • "NATO's jurisdiction would not shift one inch eastward"
  • Property pluralism
  • Chapter 4. Prefab prevails
  • The security solutions : two plus four equals NATO
  • The political solution : article 23
  • The economic solution : monetary union
  • The election campaign and the ways of the ward heeler
  • The results of March 18
  • Reassuring European neighbors
  • Chapter 5. Securing building permits
  • The first carrot : money
  • The Washington summit
  • The second carrot : NATO reform
  • Breakthrough in Russia
  • Pay any price
  • Conclusion : the legacy of 1989 and 1990
  • Counterfactuals
  • Consequences.