{"product_id":"west-german-ostpolitik-the-soviet-michael-borchard-9798765167670","title":"West German Ostpolitik, the Soviet Union, and East-West Détente in Europe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWest German Ostpolitik, the Soviet Union, and East-West Détente in Europe \u003c\/i\u003eexplores how the détente policy changed the character of the Cold War.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Moscow files, now opened for the first time show 50 years later, reveal new insights and implications into the creation and implementation of the détente policy. This collection offers a detailed examination of European security from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s with focus on five areas: 1) the first stirrings of détente in West German-Soviet relations, the framework conditions of domestic and foreign policy on the two sides and the extent to which interests ultimately enshrined in treaties were contradictory and\/or compatible; 2) the preconditions of détente in the first half of the Brezhnev era; 3) economic interests as a driving force of political change; 4) the consequences of the Treaty of Moscow for East European states; and 5) the consequences of the Transatlantic partnership. The contributors highlight the complexity of domestic and international considerations that produced Ostpolitik and the subsequent emergence of long-term East-West détente in Europe, while offering the argument that Eastern policies and détente only came to fruition after the climax of the Cold War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Borchard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798765167670\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.06d","brand":"Michael Borchard","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48066620227839,"sku":"9798765167670","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_19252bc6-866e-41f8-81cb-4cc98912e4e5.jpg?v=1768679472","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/west-german-ostpolitik-the-soviet-michael-borchard-9798765167670","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}