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Gorbachev and the German Question - Soviet-West German Relations, 1985-1990 (Hardcover, New)
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Gorbachev and the German Question - Soviet-West German Relations, 1985-1990 (Hardcover, New)
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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. Upon taking office in 1985, Gorbachev
inherited a Soviet foreign policy intent on punishing West Germany
for its support of U.S. security policy. The Soviet elite generally
viewed the Federal Republic of Germany as irresponsible and
inherently aggressive. But by 1990 Gorbachev acceded to the
veritable incorporation of East Germany into West Germany. Upon his
promotion to leadership Gorbachev began to struggle and connive to
construct a foreign policy consensus around his evolving new vision
of international relations. With each political victory he and his
supporters advanced more profound changes in Moscow's external
behavior. As a result, powerful conservative forces centered in the
party apparatus grew increasingly opposed to Gorbachev's reforms
and especially Moscow's new Germany policy. Yet despite the
domestic political costs, Gorbachev eventually agreed to
unification on terms favorable to the West because he no longer
viewed this outcome as a threat to Soviet interests. Students of
Soviet and European politics, Cold War historians, and
international relations specialists will find this analytical
history and its use of English, Russian, and German-language
sources and newly available memoirs of key Soviet participants
invaluable.
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