First steps toward détente American diplomacy in the Berlin crisis, 1958-1963

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Main Author: Williamson, Richard D., 1952-
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2012.
Subjects:
Kennedy, John F. > (John Fitzgerald), > 1917-1963.
Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, > 1894-1971.
Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989.
United States > Foreign relations > Soviet Union.
Soviet Union > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > 1961-1963.
Berlin (Germany) > International status.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Access E-Book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : first steps to détente
  • Prologue : the US, USSR, and Berlin, 1953-1958
  • "A free city" : Khrushchev's November proposals, Allied response, and a foreign minister's conference, November 1958-May 1959
  • "Seeking a summit" : Khrushchev's US visit, Western heads of state meeting, the U-2 incident, and the Paris Summit, June 1959-December 1960
  • "Vienna & the Wall" : Kennedy's first months, Vienna Summit, the Acheson plan, and the Berlin Wall, January-August 1961
  • "Salami tactics" : Allied collapse, Kennedy's private approach, and showdown at Checkpoint Charlie, September-December 1961
  • "Vital interests" : Thompson-Gromyko in Moscow, Rusk-Gromyko in Geneva, and Rusk-Dobrynin in Washington, Geneva ENDC sessions, and Soviet missiles in Cuba, January-August 1962
  • "A slippery slope" : new harassment in Berlin, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Allied estrangement, and the limited test ban treaty, September 1962-November 1963
  • Summary : American diplomacy in the Berlin crisis.

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