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The Berlin Wall Crisis

Perspectives on Cold War Alliances

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  • © 2002

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Editors:
  1. John P. S. Gearson

    1. King’s College London, UK

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  2. Kori Schake

    1. National Defense University, USA

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Part of the book series: Cold War History (CWH)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Berlin and the Cold War

    • Lawrence Freedman
    Pages 1-9

  3. Origins of the Berlin Crisis of 1958–62

    • John Gearson
    Pages 10-21

  4. A Broader Range of Choice? US Policy in the 1958 and 1961 Berlin Crises

    • Kori Schake
    Pages 22-42

  5. Britain and the Berlin Wall Crisis, 1958–62

    • John Gearson
    Pages 43-72

  6. De Gaulle, the Bomb and Berlin: How to Use a Political Weapon

    • Cyril Buffet
    Pages 73-95

  7. The German Democratic Republic, the Soviet Union and the Berlin Wall Crisis

    • Hope Harrison
    Pages 96-124

  8. The Berlin Crisis and the FRG, 1958–62

    • Jill Kastner
    Pages 125-146

  9. Italy and the Berlin Crisis, 1958–61

    • Leopoldo Nuti, Bruna Bagnato
    Pages 147-174

  10. Three Hats for Berlin: General Lauris Norstad and the Second Berlin Crisis, 1958–62

    • Gregory W. Pedlow
    Pages 175-198

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 199-209
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About this book

This volume highlights the complex intra-alliance politics of what was seen as the likeliest flash point of conflict in the Cold War and demonstrates how strongly determinant were concerns about relationships with allies in the choices made by all the major governments. It recounts the evolution of policy during the 1958 and 1961 Berlin crises from the perspective of each government central to the crisis, one on the margins and the military headquarters responsible for crafting an agreed Western military campaign

Editors and Affiliations

  • King’s College London, UK

    John P. S. Gearson

  • National Defense University, USA

    Kori Schake

About the editors

BRUNA BAGNATO Associate Professor of the History of International Relations, University of Florence CYRIL BUFFET Political Adviser to the Chairman of the French National Assembly's Foreign Affairs Committee LAWRENCE FREEDMAN Professor of War Studies and Head of the School of Social Sciences and Public Policy, King's College London HOPE HARRISON Assistant Professor of History and International Affairs, George Washington University, Washington D.C. JILL KASTNER PhD Graduate, Harvard University LEOPOLDO NUTI Professor of the History of International Relations, University of Roma Tre GREGORY PEDLOW Chief of the Historical Office at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, NATO's military headquarters for Europe

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Berlin Wall Crisis

  • Book Subtitle: Perspectives on Cold War Alliances

  • Editors: John P. S. Gearson, Kori Schake

  • Series Title: Cold War History

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403919489

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-92960-5Published: 15 November 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-42570-9Published: 01 January 2002

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4039-1948-9Published: 15 November 2002

  • Series ISSN: 2946-8329

  • Series E-ISSN: 2946-8337

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 209

  • Topics: European History, Modern History, History of Germany and Central Europe, Political History

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