Economic Statecraft during the Cold War - European Responses to the US Trade Embargo (Paperback)

Discussing a rarely researched aspect of the Cold War, this volume uses new material to examine how the United States trade embargo on the Soviet Union and communist China severed relationships with Europe, particularly focusing on Great Britain. In the late 1940s, the US government stopped nearly all exports to the entire Sino-Soviet bloc in the belief that it would hinder the expansion of Soviet and Chinese military potential. To continue receiving the US Marshall Aid, European countries had to impose similar bans, but were reluctant because their trade links with the USSR and its satellite countries had existed for centuries. The US thereafter negotiated with Europe about what to include or exclude from the list of authorised goods, severely straining diplomatic relations. Economic Statecraft during the Cold War details these negotiations, casting new light on the ambivalent US-UK relationship and providing insights into the changing emphasis between the Republican and Democrat administrations on the key question of trade embargo, by explaining how the firm consistency in the application of the US policy over the succeeding decades of the Cold War was maintained. This book will be of much interest to all students and scholars of Cold War history, intelligence studies and international history in general.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cold War History
Release date:	November 2012
First published:	2007
Authors:	Frank Cain
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-64735-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > Business & Economics > Economics > International economics > International trade > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Promotions
LSN:	0-415-64735-5
Barcode:	9780415647359

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