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Product Description This new study casts fresh light on the roles of Harold Macmillan and Nikita Khrushchev and their efforts to achieve a compromise settlement on the pivotal Berlin Crisis. Drawing on previously unseen documents and secret archive material, Kitty Newman demonstrates how the British Prime Minister acted to prevent the crisis sliding into a disastrous nuclear conflict. She shows how his visit to Moscow in 1959 was a success, which convinced Khrushchev of a sincere effort to achieve a lasting settlement. Despite the initial reluctance of the French and the Americans, and the consistent opposition of the Germans, Macmillan’s subsequent efforts led to a softening of the Western line on Berlin and to the formulation of a set of proposals that might have achieved a peaceful resolution to the crisis if the Paris Conference of 1960 had not collapsed in acrimony. This volume also assesses Khrushchev’s role, which despite his sometimes intemperate language, was to secure a peaceful settlement which would stabilize the East German regime, maintain the status quo in Europe and prevent the reunification of a resurgent, nuclearized Germany, thereby paving the way for disarmament. This book will be of great interest to all students of post-war diplomacy, Soviet foreign policy, the Cold War and of international relations and strategic studies in general. Review '...one of the best books on this period of history that I have read.'Sergei Khrushchev (son of Nikita Khrushchev), Brown University, Rhode Island, USA '...a valuable contribution to the historiography of this critical cold war period and suggests a way for scholars to explore the dynamic relationships between the major figures of the period.'Laura Madokoro, The International History Review 'Dr Newman's lucid and thoroughly-researched account sheds significant new light on the role of Harold Macmillan in developing East-West detente in the late 1950s. She provides us with a much fuller picture than those who see the Cold War principally through the lens of Superpower relations.' Prof. John W. Young, University of Nottingham, UK'Dr Newman boldly suggests that in the late 1950s Khrushchev and Macmillanboth believed there was a real opportunity to open talks on the Germanquestion. When these failed the Cold War continued. Only with access toex-Soviet archives and a nuanced understanding of Macmillan's aims, canreaders appreciate that lost moment in recent history.'Prof. Anita Prazmowska, LSE, UK About the Author Kitty Newman gained her PhD at the London School of Economics for her research on the relations between Britain and the Soviet Union and the Search for an Interim Agreement on West Berlin from November 1958 to May 1960. She also holds a Diploma in Russian from the University of Surrey.

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Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0415354633
Category: Books > Subjects > History > Europe > Germany
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Release Date: 30 November 2006
Listed Since: 10 February 2007

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