The Open Window Into the Soviet Bloc: Us Policy Toward Poland, 1956-1968

ISBN-13: 9781032332376 / Angielski

Jakub Tyszkiewicz

Opis

This volume analyzes US policy towards communist-ruled Poland in the fields of diplomacy, economy, culture, and public diplomacy. It highlights the limitations in developing cooperation between democratic and non-democratic countries resulting from the Cold War conflict.

Spis treści

Introduction. PART I: An Open Window in the Iron Curtain: During the Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower 1. The United States and Polish October 2. The Swan Song of the Liberation 3. First PL 480 Agreement 4. Activities at the Political Level 5. Activities at the Economic Level 6. Public Diplomacy: Cultural and Scientific Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid 7. Radio Free Europe in the Eisenhower Administration’s Policy toward Poland PART II: “Don’t Shut the Door”: During the Presidencies of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson 8. New Hopes and First Disappointments 9. Economic Negotiations in the Shadow of Politics 10. Other Fields of Cooperation 11. The Laborious “Bridge Building” 12. Poland in the Policy of “Bridge Building” 13. RFE and Other Propaganda Efforts PART III: The Dilemma of Oder-Neisse Border 14. The Polish Western Border in US Considerations. Conclusion

O autorze

Jakub Tyszkiewicz is a historian at the University of Wrocław, specializing primarily in US-Polish relations during the Cold War. He has been a visiting professor at many universities, including the University of Washington in Seattle as a Fulbright Scholar and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.