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Leverage of the Weak
Gunter Bischof
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Description for Leverage of the Weak
Hardback. At the height of the first Cold War in the early 1950s, the western powers worried that occupied Austria might become "Europe's Korea". Austria became a "secret ally" of the west and played a vital role in negotiations with Stalin's successors in the Kremlin, demonstrating the leverage of the weak. Series: Cold War History. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DFG; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3; JPS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 147 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
At the height of the first Cold War in the early 1950s, the Western powers worried that occupied Austria might become 'Europe's Korea' and feared a Communist takeover. The Soviets exploited their occupation zone for maximum reparations. American economic aid guaranteed Austria's survival and economic reconstruction. Their military assistance turned Austria into a 'secret ally' of the West. Austrian diplomacy played a vital role in securing the Austrian treaty in bilateral negotiations with Stalin's successors in the Kremlin demonstrating the leverage of the weak in the Cold War.
At the height of the first Cold War in the early 1950s, the Western powers worried that occupied Austria might become 'Europe's Korea' and feared a Communist takeover. The Soviets exploited their occupation zone for maximum reparations. American economic aid guaranteed Austria's survival and economic reconstruction. Their military assistance turned Austria into a 'secret ally' of the West. Austrian diplomacy played a vital role in securing the Austrian treaty in bilateral negotiations with Stalin's successors in the Kremlin demonstrating the leverage of the weak in the Cold War.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
Series
Cold War History
Number of Pages
237
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333725474
SKU
V9780333725474
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Ref
99-15
About Gunter Bischof
GÜNTER BISCHOF is an Associate Professor of History and the Associate Director of Center for Austrian studies at the University of New Orleans. He has taught as a guest professor at the Universities of Salzburg (1998), Vienna (1998), Innsbruck (1993-4) and Munich (1992-4) and also lectured at the Austrian Diplomatic Academy (1998). He was appointed a guest scholar at the ... Read more
Reviews for Leverage of the Weak
'...richly documented, provocative and full of valuable insights.' - Professor Wolfgang Krieger, Philipps-Universität, Marburg 'Bischof provides by far the most authoritative account available of the extraordinary process by which the postwar leadership of Austria maintained the country's unity and independence while navigating among the varying pressures of the four occupying powers and the competing domestic forces. Based ... Read more