Le due Germanie e l’Italia
Costanza Calabretta La Guerra fredda non fu solo una competizione politica, economica e militare ma si giocò anche sul terreno della cultura. Usando questo strumento, i due Stati tedeschi ‒ la Repubblica federale e la Repubblica democratica ‒ entrarono in competizione fra loro, si osservarono reciprocamente, cercarono di distanziarsi e differenziarsi, influenzandosi scambievolmente. Questo studio ricostruisce le politiche culturali...
German-occupied Europe in the Second World War
Raffael Scheck, Fabien Théofilakis, Julia Torrie German-occupied Europe in the Second World War (Routledge, 2019). Inspired by recent works on Nazi empire, this book provides a framework to guide occupation research with a broad comparative angle focusing on human interactions. Overcoming national compartmentalization, it examines Nazi occupations with attention to relations between occupiers and local populations and differences...
The Diplomacy of Détente
Stephan Kieninger The Diplomacy of Détente: Cooperative Security Policies from Helmut Schmidt to George Shultz (Routledge, 2018) This book investigates the underlying reasons for the longevity of détente and its impact on East–West relations. The volume examines the relevance of trade across the Iron Curtain as a means to facilitate mutual trust, as well as the emergence of new habits of transparency regardless of recurring military...
