TRACHTENBERG, MARC

A Constructed Peace: The Making of the European Settlement, 1945-1963

Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A. Princeton Univ Pr. 1999. (ISBN: 0691002738). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book, Trade paperback; spine uncreased; rubbing wear edges, with creasing, to edges of covers; notes, underlinings and marginal markings by college professor. Good/No Jacket.

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TRACHTENBERG, MARC

A constructed peace. The making of the European settlement, 1945-1963

Princeton University Press, 1999. Paperback. Pp: 424. People still think of the Cold War as a simple two-sided conflict, a kind of gigantic arm wrestle on a global scale," writes Marc Trachtenberg, "but this view fails to grasp the essence of what was really going on." America and Russia were both willing to live with the status quo in Europe. What then could have generated the kind of conflict that might have led to a nuclear holocaust? This is the great puzzle of the Cold War, and in this book, the product of nearly twenty years of work, Trachtenberg tries to solve it.The answer, he says, has to do with the German question, especially with the German nuclear question. These issues lay at the heart of the Cold War, and a relatively stable peace took shape only when they were resolved. The book develops this argument by telling a story-a complex story involving many issues of detail, but focusing always on the central question of how a stable international system came into being during the Cold War period. A Constructed Peace will be of interest not just to students of the Cold War, but to people concerned with the problem of war and peace, and in particular with the question of how a stable international order can be constructed, even in our own day. ISBN: 9780691002736. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Book number: U3114843

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TRACHTENBERG, MARC

A constructed peace. The making of the European settlement, 1945-1963

Princeton University Press, 1999. Paperback. Pp: 424. People still think of the Cold War as a simple two-sided conflict, a kind of gigantic arm wrestle on a global scale," writes Marc Trachtenberg, "but this view fails to grasp the essence of what was really going on." America and Russia were both willing to live with the status quo in Europe. What then could have generated the kind of conflict that might have led to a nuclear holocaust? This is the great puzzle of the Cold War, and in this book, the product of nearly twenty years of work, Trachtenberg tries to solve it.The answer, he says, has to do with the German question, especially with the German nuclear question. These issues lay at the heart of the Cold War, and a relatively stable peace took shape only when they were resolved. The book develops this argument by telling a story-a complex story involving many issues of detail, but focusing always on the central question of how a stable international system came into being during the Cold War period. A Constructed Peace will be of interest not just to students of the Cold War, but to people concerned with the problem of war and peace, and in particular with the question of how a stable international order can be constructed, even in our own day. ISBN: 9780691002736. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Book number: U3170652

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TRACHTENBERG, MARC

History and Strategy

Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A. Princeton Univ Pr. 1991. (ISBN: 0691023433). Ppbk, 8vo. pp. xii, (3), 292, "This work is a powerful demonstration of how historical analysis can be brought to bear on the study of strategic issues, and, conversely, how strategic thinking can help drive historical research. Based largely on newly released American archives, History and Strategy focuses on the twenty years following World War II. By bridging the sizable gap between the intellectual world of historians and that of strategists and political scientists, the essays here present a fresh and unified view of how to explore international politics in the nuclear era. The book begins with an overview of strategic thought in America from 1952 through 1966 and ends with a discussion of "making sense" of the nuclear age. Trachtenberg reevaluates the immediate causes of World War I, studies the impact of the shifting nuclear balance on American strategy in the early 1950s, examines the relationship between the nuclearization of NATO and U.S.-West European relations, and looks at the Berlin and the Cuban crises. He shows throughout that there are startling discoveries to be made about events that seem to have been thoroughly investigated.". Very Good/No Dj.

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Book number: 124598

Catalogue: History

Keywords: International History 0691023433