East-West Conflict: Short Cold War and Long Détente
East-West Conflict: Short Cold War and Long Détente
An Essay on Terminology and Periodization
Author(s): Gottfried Niedhart
Subject(s): Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Central European University Press
Keywords: Cold War;East-West conflict;Détente
Summary/Abstract: This essay proposes a correction to the habit of using Cold War as a synonym for East-West conflict. Furthermore, the author argues that détente, though not a linear process, was a new method of conflict behavior that saved theworld from a relapse into hostile confrontation.
Book: The Long Détente. Changing Concepts of Security and Cooperation in Europe, 1950s–1980s
- Page Range: 19-30
- Page Count: 12
- Publication Year: 2017
- Language: English
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