Screen LibraryA Cold War over Austria : the struggle for the state treaty, neutrality, and the end of east-west occupation, 1945-1955 /
"After World War II, Austria was occupied by Soviet, American, British, and French forces. This study provides the history of the treaty that was negotiated in order to end this occupation. In the Moscow Declaration of 1943, the United States, Great Britain and the Soviet Union had declared tha...
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Lexington Books,
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| Publisher Address: | Lanham, Maryland : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
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English German |
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The Harvard Cold War studies book series
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| Summary: |
"After World War II, Austria was occupied by Soviet, American, British, and French forces. This study provides the history of the treaty that was negotiated in order to end this occupation. In the Moscow Declaration of 1943, the United States, Great Britain and the Soviet Union had declared that Austria should be liberated from Nazi rule and reconstructed as an independent state. After the war, however, this goal was soon overshadowed by security and power considerations, and then by the Cold War. While the West strove to safeguard Austria's independence from communist expansion, the USSR re |
| Item Description: | "For the new English edition, Gerald Stourzh has been joined by Wolfgang Mueller as co-author. The two authors thoroughly revised the fifth German-language edition, in part by deleting materials but also by adding new ones. Wolfgang Mueller has added information from a vast amount of new literature on the Cold War, Soviet foreign policy and Austrian affairs, as well as newly available archival materials in Russia, in particular the Archives of Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation, the Russian State Archives for Political History and the Russian State Archives for Contemporary History."-- |
| Carrier Form: | xv, 577 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 517-564) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781498587860 (hardcover : alkaline paper) : 1498587860 (hardcover : alkaline paper) 9781498587877 (electronic book) 1498587879 (electronic book) |
| Index Number: | KZ4168 |
| CLC: | D852.19 |
| Call Number: | D852.19/S889 |
| Contents: | Preconditions and preparations, 1943-47 -- The negotiations begin, 1947 -- The price of freedom, 1947-1950 -- From Cold War to thaw, 1950-53 -- Non-alignment as the requisite for freedom, 1953-54 -- Khrushchev versus Molotov and the winner is Austria, February to April 1955 -- Austria's annus mirabilis, May to December 1955. |