Kitty Newman

Macmillan, Khrushchev and the Berlin Crisis, 1958-1960

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Produktbeschreibung

Talks about the roles of Harold Macmillan and Nikita Khrushchev and their efforts to achieve a compromise settlement on the pivotal Berlin Crisis. This book demonstrates how the British Prime Minister acted to prevent the crisis sliding into a disastrous nuclear conflict. It is suitable for students of Soviet foreign policy and the Cold War.

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This study casts fresh light on the roles of Harold Macmillan and Nikita Khrushchev and their efforts to achieve a compromise settlement on the pivotal Berlin Crisis.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 166mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 503g
• ISBN-13: 9780415354639
• ISBN-10: 0415354633
• Artikelnr.: 22159646

Autorenporträt

Kitty Newman gained her PhD at the London School of Economics for her research on the relations between Britain and the Soviet Union and the Search for an Interim Agreement on West Berlin from November 1958 to May 1960. She also holds a Diploma in Russian from the University of Surrey.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Background to the Berlin Crisis, 1958-1960 A. Nikita
Khrushchev's Personality and Foreign Policy Objectives B. Harold
Macmillan's Personality and Foreign Policy Objectives C. Background to
East-West Relations and the Berlin Problem 2. Soviet Policy on the Berlin
Question, November 1958-February 1959 3. British Reaction to the Soviet
Initiative on Berlin November 1958-February 1959 4. The Prime Minister's
Visit to the Soviet Union 21 February-3 March 1959 5. Britain Seeks to
Convert her Allies to the Macmillan Initiative 6. The Geneva Foreign
Ministers Conference 11 May-5 August 1959 7. East-West Negotiations on an
Interim Agreement for West Berlin September 1959 until the Paris Summit
Conference, May 1960 8. The U-2 Crisis May 1960 A. The Story Unfolds 1-16
May 1960 B. An Analysis of Soviet Reaction C. A Lost Opportunity.
Conclusion