ABSTRACT
This book seeks to reassess the role of Europe in the end of the Cold War and the process of German unification.
Much of the existing literature on the end of the Cold War has focused primarily on the role of the superpowers and on that of the US in particular. This edited volume seeks to re-direct the focus towards the role of European actors and the importance of European processes, most notably that of integration. Written by leading experts in the field, and making use of newly available source material, the book explores "Europe" in all its various dimensions, bringing to the forefront of historical research previously neglected actors and processes. These include key European nations, endemic evolutions in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, European integration, and the pan-European process. The volume serves therefore to rediscover the transformation of 1989-90 as a European event, deeply influenced by European actors, and of great significance for the subsequent evolution of the continent.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |28 pages
Perestroika and its effects revisited
part |44 pages
Developments in Eastern Europe
chapter |13 pages
Rumblings in Eastern Europe
chapter |14 pages
The Catholic Church and the Cold War's end in Europe
part |40 pages
German unification between the superpowers
chapter |12 pages
In the name of Europe's future
part |41 pages
German unification
chapter |13 pages
German unification and European integration are but two sides of one coin
chapter |13 pages
A naturally supportive environment?
part |29 pages
German unification
part |28 pages
Soviet disintegration and the building of a new Europe
chapter |13 pages
From the common European home to European confederation
part |38 pages
Competing visions in the Euro-Atlantic area