Ambassadors of Realpolitik: Sweden, the CSCE and the Cold War

During the Cold War, Sweden actively cultivated a reputation as the "conscience of the world," working to build bridges between East and West and embracing a nominal commitment to international solidarity. This groundbreaking study explores the tension between realism and idealism in Swedi...

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Main Author: Makko, Aryo (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford Berghahn Books [2016]
Series:Contemporary European History 20
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Online Access:DE-1046
DE-1043
DE-858
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Summary:During the Cold War, Sweden actively cultivated a reputation as the "conscience of the world," working to build bridges between East and West and embracing a nominal commitment to international solidarity. This groundbreaking study explores the tension between realism and idealism in Swedish diplomacy during a key episode in Cold War history: the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, culminating in the 1975 Helsinki Accords. Through careful analysis of new evidence, it offers a compelling counternarrative of this period, showing that Sweden strategically ignored human rights violations in Eastern Europe and the nonaligned states in its pursuit of national interests
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Nov 2022)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (300 Seiten)
ISBN:9781785332852
DOI:10.1515/9781785332852

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