Gorbachev and the German Question

副标题: Soviet-West German Relations, 1985-1990

ISBN: 9780275950286

出版社: Praeger

出版年: 1995-4-25

页数: 216

定价: USD 130.00

装帧: Hardcover

内容简介

Traces the transformation of Soviet relations with West Germany from 1985 to 1990 while challenging views that Gorbachev caved in to the West on German reunification. The author gives fullest account to date of how Gorbachev translated new political thinking into actual policy change examines how internal and external factors interacted in the development of Soviet policies that helped transform postwar Europe and describes the importance of public diplomacy. Graduate students, scholars, experts, and policymakers interested in Soviet and European politics will find this analytical history and its use of English, Russian, and German-language sources and newly available memoirs of key Soviet participants invaluable.