Overcoming the Cold War

WILFRIED LOTH is Professor of Modern History at the University of Essen and Chairman of the European Union Liaison Committee of Historians. He has published widely on the history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. His books include The Division of the World, 1941-1955 and Stalin's Unwanted Child: The Soviet Union, the German Question and the Founding of the GDR.

• Foreword List of Abbreviations Between Neutralization and Bloc Information De-escalation of the Cold War Krushchev and Kennedy Visions Along the Way The Time of the Treaties The Decline of Détente Dark Times The End of the East-West Conflict Balance: Fear and the Ways of Freedom Notes Index

'An extremely knowledgeable and fluently written account of international politics in the Cold War.' - Wolfgang Krieger, Das Historisch-Politische Buch '...for the knowledgeable reader, it offers a first-rate history of the international relationship known as detente.' - Choice