Margins for manoeuvre in Cold War Europe : the influence of smaller powers /
The Cold War is conventionally regarded as a superpower conflict which dominated the shape of international relations between World War II and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Smaller powers had to adapt to a role as pawns in a strategic game of the superpowers, its course beyond their control. This edi...
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London ; New York :
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[2020]
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| Series: | Routledge studies in modern European history.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Smaller powers in Cold War Europe / Laurien Crump and Susanna Erlandsson
- Challenging the superpower straightjacket (1965-1975) : multilateralism as an instrument of smaller powers / Laurien Crump and Angela Romano
- Multilateralism as small power strategy (1950-1952) : the Netherlands, the Benelux and the European Defence Community / Trineke Palm
- Small states, alliances and the margins for manoeuvre in the Cold War : Sweden, Norway and the CSCE / Aryo Makko
- A critical ally (1949-1977) : the Dutch Social Democrats, Spain and NATO / Stefanie F.M. Massink
- Manoeuvring into the Soviet market : Polish and Finnish Eastern trade practices during the Cold War / Suvi Kansikas, Mila Oiva and Saara Matala
- The imperative of opening to the West and the impact of the 1968 Crisis : Bulgaria's cooperation with Denmark and West Germany in the 1960s / Elitza Stanoeva
- Americanising the Belgian civilising mission (1941-1961) : the Belgian Information Center in New York and the campaign to cast the Belgian civilising mission as part of the Point IV Programme / Frank Gerits
- A gas giant in a small state's clothes (1981-1982) : a political economy analysis of the Dutch margins for manoeuvre During the Urengoy pipeline crisis / Marloes Beers
- Neutrality as an instrument of small state manoeuvring and the globalisation of neutrality in the Cold War / Johanna Raino-Niemi
- Denuclearisation and regional cooperation : Romania's tactical approaches to escaping bloc rigidities / Corina Mavrodin
- Transitional margins to re-join the West : Spain's dual strategy of democratisation and Europeanisation / Cristina Blanco Sío-López
- 'At last, our voice is heard in the world' : Greece and the Six Nation Initiative during the Euromissile crisis / Erini Karamouzi
- Conclusion: Shedding a new light on Cold War Europe / Laurien Crump and Susanna Erlandsson.