A Not-So-Special Relationship: The Us, the UK and German Unification, 1945-1990

ISBN-13: 9781474437820 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 204 str.

Luca Ratti

Opis

Luca Ratti examines how German reunification and the end of the Quadripartite Agreement in 1990 impacted the Anglo-American special relationship. He considers Anglo-American views of Germany as Soviet domination over Eastern Europe began to waver.--

Spis treści

Part One: The ‘Special Relationship’and the German question during the Cold War; 1. The U.S., the UK, and the German question from the first Cold War to détente (1945-1961); 2. The U.S., the UK and the German question from détente to the second Cold War (1961-1985); 3. The US, the UK and the German question at the Cold War’s end (1985-1989); Part Two: Anglo-American relations and the diplomacy of German unification (1989-1990); 4. The US, the UK, and German unification; 5. The US, the UK, and German unification within NATO; Conclusions: Still a ‘Special Relationship’ after Unification?.