Catalytic choices -- Two East German success stories -- Ups and downs -- Operating principles for a different world -- The blindness of hindsight -- Slouching toward a systemic crisis -- What comes next? -- The renewal of the free world -- The two prophets -- The "rights" revolution -- Rec...

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Hauptverfasser:	Zelikow, Philip 1954- (VerfasserIn), Rice, Condoleezza 1954- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York ; Boston Twelve September 2020
Ausgabe:	First trade edition
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1988-1992 Ost-West-Konflikt Cold War / Diplomatic history Disarmament World politics / 1945-1989 Diplomacy Diplomatic relations World politics History Germany / History / Unification, 1990 Soviet Union / Foreign relations / United States United States / Foreign relations / Soviet Union Germany Soviet Union United States
Zusammenfassung:	Catalytic choices -- Two East German success stories -- Ups and downs -- Operating principles for a different world -- The blindness of hindsight -- Slouching toward a systemic crisis -- What comes next? -- The renewal of the free world -- The two prophets -- The "rights" revolution -- Reconstructing global finance (but not global trade) -- Lowering barriers : the momentum of three examples -- The renewal of anticommunism -- Perestroika -- The "great man"? -- Reform communism -- To change the USSR, change the world -- Gorbachev's "turning point" in 1988 -- What would all this mean for Eastern Europe? -- When is the cold war over? -- Hopes and fears -- "Dream big dreams" -- The vectors of change -- The future of Eastern Europe -- The future of the Soviet Union -- The future of European integration -- Security in Europe -- The future of Germany -- The Chinese solution -- American decline? Soviet decline? -- The pivot : a new Germany in a different Europe -- The revolutions begin -- The Soviet agenda : beyond containment -- and beyond communism? -- Putting words into action -- A new Germany? -- A new Germany in a new Europe? -- Hit the accelerator -- Time to decide on German unity -- Should the unified Germany be in NATO? -- The German election -- The designs for a new Europe -- A new European union -- Lithuania, biological weapons : walking a tightrope -- A plan to manage German power -- How to help Gorbachev? -- Free to choose -- A new Atlantic alliance -- A final settlement for Germany -- First tests for a transformed NATO -- Creating a better league of nations -- The designs for a commonwealth of free nations -- Last chances for the soviet economy -- The breakup of the Soviet Union -- What about the nuclear weapons? -- The shock of the new : building different economies and societies -- Russia's brief window of opportunity -- The integration of Eastern Europe -- Global designs and a new world order -- The unipolar mirage -- New challenges evolve -- The financial crisis -- The migrant crisis -- Hungary and Poland again -- The United States of Europe that never was -- America : the politics of "do you hear me now?" -- From the peace dividend to perpetual war -- The break with Russia -- Is America done? -- To build a better world -- Principles, partnership, and practicality -- Balancing the local and the global -- The emergence of great power rivalry -- Can a confident America rise again?
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-493) and index
Beschreibung:	ix, 510 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln Illustrationen, Karte 21 cm
ISBN:	9781538764688 9781538764671