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From Ostpolitik to reunification, West German-Soviet political relations since 1974, Avril Pittman

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From Ostpolitik to reunification

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Avril Pittman

Cambridge Russian, Soviet and post-Soviet studies, 85Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

West German-Soviet political relations since 1974

With the signing of the Moscow Treaty in 1970, West German-Soviet relations came to the forefront of world politics. Two decades later, the historic opening of the Berlin Wall and German reunification once again focused world attention on the Federal Republic's relations with the USSR. This book explores the development of this relationship from the perspective of West Germany. Dr Avril Pittman outlines the main events after the Second World War and then focuses on four issues central to this relationship in the 1970s and early 1980s. She explores family reunification and emigration rights for ethnic Germans living in the Soviet Union; the central role of Berlin and the reasons why the city persisted as a serious bilateral problem; the triangular relations between West Germany, the Soviet Union and East Germany; and the significance of the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan which led to a sharp deterioration in East-West relations.--, Provided by publisher

1. The Second World War and its aftermath, 1945-1974 -- 2. Ethnic Germans -- 3. Berlin -- 4. The Federal Republic of Germany's relations with the German Democratic Republic -- 5. INF, Afghanistan and the post-Afghanistan period -- 6. Assessment of the Federal Republic of Germany's relations with the Soviet Union, 1974-1982 -- 7. The Federal Republic of Germany's political relations with the Soviet Union after 1982