Dynamic Détente: The United States and Europe, 1964–1975
Stephan Kieninger Dynamic Détente: The United States and Europe, 1964–1975 This book examines the dynamic evolution of Western détente policies which sought to transform Europe and overcome its Cold War division through more communication and engagement. Kieninger challenges the traditional Cold War narrative that détente prolonged the division of Europe and precipitated America’s decline in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. Rather,...
The Vatican «Ostpolitik» 1958-1978
edited by András Fejérdy The Vatican «Ostpolitik» 1958-1978 Responsibility and Witness during John XXIII and Paul VI The appraisal of the political dialogue and negotiations with the communist regimes of East Central Europe commenced by the Holy See in the 1960s did not provoke only lively debates among contemporaries, but remains to the present day one of the most debated questions of the twentieth-century history: should it be...
