The book explores the complex interplay of domestic and international factors that influenced U.S.-Soviet relations in the 1950s. It delves into how political, social, and economic conditions in both nations affected their interactions, highlighting key events and policies that defined the era. Through detailed analysis, it sheds light on the broader implications of these dynamics for global politics during the Cold War.
Focusing on the German Question, the book explores its pivotal role in shaping the Cold War's origins and the post-war international landscape. It examines the transformation in Germany through inter-Allied denazification efforts and analyzes superpower interactions within a legal and diplomatic context. The author highlights both cooperative and conflictual dimensions of these relations, arguing that the interplay of intervention and coexistence around the German Question was crucial in configuring the post-war order.
Focusing on the geopolitical landscape following World War II, this book explores how the United States and the Soviet Union sought to establish a normative framework to address their interests and needs. It challenges the conventional view of the Cold War's origins as merely a conflict, presenting it instead as a complex process of institutionalizing the international order between 1945 and 1949. Through this lens, the narrative delves into the dynamics and implications of superpower interactions during a pivotal historical period.
The book explores the interplay between American Exceptionalism and Eurasianism, highlighting how these ideologies shaped the strategic interests of the U.S. and the Soviet Union after World War II. It examines how the connection between these ideologies and geopolitical objectives resulted in the development of interventionist strategies that effectively managed the international order during this period. Through this analysis, it sheds light on the ideological foundations that influenced global dynamics in the post-war landscape.
Examines the origins of the Cold War, focusing on topics such as the normative framework established during WWII which served to contain the emergence of a new systemic conflict, and the transformation of the international political system driven by superpower discussion of the German Question
The book analyses the role of the German Question in the origins of the Cold War. The work evaluates the transformation which occurred in Germany and the post-war international order due to the inter-Allied work on denazification. The author analyses the Rationalist aspects of superpower interaction, with particular emphasis on the legal and diplomatic framework which sustained not only the treatment of the German Question but also the general context of inter-Allied relations. The author also tackles the conflictual aspects of the treatment of the German Question by examining superpower interaction in relation to the enforcement of their structural interests. The main argument of the book is that due to the interaction between the elements of intervention and coexistence, the German Question constituted the most significant issue in the configuration of the post-war international order.