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The nuclear crisis : the arms race, Cold War anxiety, and the German peace movement of the 1980s /

"In 1983, more than one million Germans joined together to protest NATO's deployment of nuclear missiles in Europe. International media overflowed with images of marches, rallies, and human chains as protesters blockaded depots and agitated for disarmament. Though they failed to halt the d...

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Group Author: Becker-Schaum, Christoph, 1952- (Editor); Gassert, Philipp (Editor); Klimke, Martin. (Editor); Mausbach, Wilfried, 1964- (Editor); Zepp, Marianne (Editor)
Published: Berghahn Books,
Publisher Address: New York :
Publication Dates: 2016.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Protest, culture and society ; volume 19
Subjects:
North Atlantic Treaty Organization > History > 20th century.
Peace movements > Germany > History > 20th century.
Antinuclear movement > Germany > History > 20th century.
Protest movements > Germany > History > 20th century.
Cold War > Social aspects > Germany > History > 20th century.
Nuclear weapons > Europe > History > 20th century.
Nuclear disarmament > Europe > History > 20th century.
Arms race > Europe > History > 20th century.
Germany (West) > Social conditions.
Germany (East) > Social conditions.
Summary: "In 1983, more than one million Germans joined together to protest NATO's deployment of nuclear missiles in Europe. International media overflowed with images of marches, rallies, and human chains as protesters blockaded depots and agitated for disarmament. Though they failed to halt the deployment, the episode was a decisive one for German society, revealing deep divisions in the nation's political culture while continuing to mobilize activists. This volume provides a comprehensive survey of the 'Euromissiles' crisis as experienced by its various protagonists, analyzing NATO's diplomatic and military maneuvering and tracing the political, cultural, and moral discourses that surrounded the missiles' deployment in East and West Germany"--Publisher's website.
Carrier Form: xvii, 374 pages : illustrations, map, facsimile ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781785332678 (hardback) :
1785332678 (hardback)
Index Number: JZ5584
CLC: D751.69
D815.2-095.16
Call Number: D815.2-095.16/N964
Contents: The Nuclear Crisis, NATO's double-track decision, and the peace movement of the 1980s /
From Helsinki to Afghanistan: the CSCE process and the beginning of the Second Cold War /
The NATO double-track decision: genesis and implementation /
SS-20 and Pershing II: weapon systems and the dynamization of East-West relations /
NATO's double-track decision and East-West German relations /
Political parties /
Eco-pacificsm: the environmental movement as a source for the peace movement /
Rationality of fear: the intellectual foundations of the peace movement /
The institutional organization of the peace movement /
The spaces and places of the peace movement /
The protagonists of the peace movement /
The independent peace movement in East Germany /
Visual and media strategies of the peace movement /
The churches / Sebsastian Kalden and Jan Ole Wiechmann -- Trade unions / Dietmar Süss -- The police / Michael Sturm -- "Men build missiles": the women's peace movement /
Nuclear attack and civil defense: preparing for the worst-case scenario in politics and science /
Nuclear doomsday scenarios in film, literature, and music /
A triumph of disarmament? The 1980s and the international political system /

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