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The Nuclear Crisis: The Arms Race, Cold War Anxiety, and the German Peace Movement of the 1980s
Christoph Becker-Schaum (Ed.)
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Description for The Nuclear Crisis: The Arms Race, Cold War Anxiety, and the German Peace Movement of the 1980s
Hardback. In 1983, more than one million Germans joined to protest NATO's deployment of nuclear missiles in Europe. This volume survey of the "Euromissiles" crisis as experienced by its various protagonists in Germany, including NATO's strategic maneuvering and the contours of the German protest movement. Editor(s): Gassert, Philipp; Mausbach, Wilfried; Klimke, Martin A.; Zepp, Marianne. Series: Protest, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 328 pages, 42 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFGW; 3JJPN; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTW; JPSF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 686.
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 reference work on 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 ... Read more
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 reference work on 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Protest, Culture and Society
Condition
New
Weight
686g
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785332678
SKU
V9781785332678
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About Christoph Becker-Schaum (Ed.)
Christoph Becker-Schaum is the Director of the Green Memory Archive at the Heinrich Boell Foundation in Berlin. Philipp Gassert is a Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Mannheim and a past deputy director of the German Historical Institute, Washington, DC. His publications include America's Wars (co-written with Alexander Emmerich, 2015). Martin Klimke ... Read more
Reviews for The Nuclear Crisis: The Arms Race, Cold War Anxiety, and the German Peace Movement of the 1980s
This is an important volume on a key phase of the Cold War, one that will be of interest to scholars, but can also be assigned to undergraduate and graduate students. The various chapters build on each other beautifully, forming a coherent whole. Aside from a couple of rough spots, they are beautifully written, though they originally appeared in German. ... Read more