The Euromissile Crisis and the End of the Cold War

by Leopoldo Nuti (Editor), Frederic Bozo (Editor), Marie-Pierre Rey (Editor), Bernd Rother (Editor)

Overview

In the late 1970s, new generations of nuclear delivery systems were proposed for deployment across Eastern and Western Europe. The ensuing controversy grew to become a key phase in the late Cold War. This book explores the origins, unfolding, and consequences of that crisis. Contributors from international relations, political science, sociology, and history draw on extensive research in a number of countries, often employing declassified documents from the West and from the newly opened state and party archives of many Soviet bloc countries. They cover especially Soviet-Warsaw Pact relations, U.S.-NATO relations, and the role of public opinion worldwide in relation to the crisis.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780804792868
Publisher:	Stanford University Press
Publication date:	02/18/2015
Series:	Cold War International History Project
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Leopoldo Nuti is director of the Machiavelli Center for Cold War Studies and professor of the history of international relations at the University of Roma Tre. Frederic Bozo is a professor of contemporary history in the Department of European Studies at the Sorbonne Nouvelle (University of Paris III). Marie-Pierre Rey is a professor of Russian and Soviet history and director of the Research Slavic Center, UniversityParis I Panthéon Sorbonne. Bernd Rother is a researcher and deputy managing director of the Chancellor Willy Brandt Foundation.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xi

Editors' Introduction 1

Part I A General Survey

1 The Dynamics of the Euromissile Crisis, 1977-1983 David Holloway 11

Part II The View from the East

2 Moscow's Misjudgment in Deploying SS-20 Missiles Jonathan Haslam 31

3 "Not Crying Wolf": Soviet Intelligence and the 1983 War Scare Dmitry (Dima) Adamsky 49

4 Gorbachev and the Decision to Decouple the Arms Control Package: How the Breakdown of the Reykjavik Summit Led to the Elimination of the Euromissiles Elizabeth C. Charles 66

5 Learning to Disarm: Mikhail Gorbachev's Interactive Learning and Changes in the Soviet Negotiating Positions Leading to the INF Treaty Svetlana Savranskaya 85

6 The Warsaw Pact and the Euromissile Crisis, 1977-1983 Malcolm Byrne 104

Part III The View from the West

7 A Question of Confidence: Theater Nuclear Forces, US Policy toward Germany, and the Origins of the Euromissile Crisis, 1975-1976 William Burr 123

8 NATO's Nuclear Politics and the Schmidt-Carter Rift Kristina Spohr 139

9 The Euromissile Crisis and the Centrality of the "Zero Option" Marilena Gala 158

10 Creating the "Seamless Robe of Deterrence": Great Britain's Role in NATO's IMF Debate Kristan Stoddart 176

11 France, the Euromissiles, and the End of the Cold War Frédéric Bozo 196

12 Norway and the Dual-Track Decision: The Role of Johan Jørgen Hoist Helge Danielsen 213

13 The Nuclear Debate in Italian Politics in the Late 1970s and the Early 1980s Leopoldo Nuti 231

14 The Netherlands between East and West: Dutch Politics, Dual Track, and Cruise Missiles Giles Scott-Smith 251

Part IV Civil Society, Public Opinion, and the Battle of Ideas

15 Public Opinion and the Euromissile Crisis Maria Eleonora Guasconi 271

16 Peace or Solidarity? Poland, the Euromissile Crisis, and the 1980s Peace Movement Idesbald Goddeeris Malgorzata Swider 291

17 The Last Battle of the Cold War: Peace Movements and German Politics in the 1980s Holger Nehring 309

18 Family Row: The Dual-Track Decision and Its Consequences for European Social Democratic Cooperation Bernd Rother 331

19 The Euromissile Crisis, the Palme Commission, and the Search for a New Security Model Wolfgang Schmidt 348

Contributors 367

Index 373

Editorial Reviews

"This book fills a gaping hole in the literature by providing a detailed account of the Euromissile crisis, which decisively shaped European and American politics for nearly a decade. It is at the cutting edge of historical research on the Cold War, relying on new and declassified documents from a wide array of countries and sources. Not only does it cover a wide variety of national perspectives, but it delves into the role of individuals, social movements and public opinion."—Garret Martin, American University

From the Publisher

"This book fills a gaping hole in the literature by providing a detailed account of the Euromissile crisis, which decisively shaped European and American politics for nearly a decade. It is at the cutting edge of historical research on the Cold War, relying on new and declassified documents from a wide array of countries and sources. Not only does it cover a wide variety of national perspectives, but it delves into the role of individuals, social movements and public opinion."

Garret Martinn University

"This book fills a gaping hole in the literature by providing a detailed account of the Euromissile crisis, which decisively shaped European and American politics for nearly a decade. It is at the cutting edge of historical research on the Cold War, relying on new and declassified documents from a wide array of countries and sources. Not only does it cover a wide variety of national perspectives, but it delves into the role of individuals, social movements and public opinion."

American University - Garret Martin