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the politics introduced by Willy Brandt during the cold war to improve relations between east and west. many people believe as a result of these Ostpolitik, Germany was reunited as one country. the politics introduced by Willy Brandt during the cold war to improve relations between east and west. many people believe as a result of these Ostpolitik, Germany was reunited as one country. the politics introduced by Willy Brandt during the cold war to improve relations between east and west. many people believe as a result of these Ostpolitik, Germany was reunited as one country.
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What has the author Hans-Adolf Jacobsen written?
Hans-Adolf Jacobsen has written: 'Misstrauische Nachbarn. Deutsche Ostpolitik, 1919-1970' 'Zur Konzeption einer Geschichte des Zweiten Weltkrieges 1939-1945. Disposition mit kritisch ausgew\\'
How did relations change between US and USSR 1945-49?
Stalin was dying and therefore the people of Russia lost hope in him. They looked to a new leader and the U.S. did not see that they wanted peace, because after WWII Stalin proclaimed that War with the US was inevitable. Stalin fled to Switzerland because he felt that a military coup was coming. Being Stalin he was correct of course, and the US granted him diplomatic immunity to enter the US under a agreement that he could be treated for his disease and in turn give up information regarding the Soviet Union's defense systems. The new Militaristic government pushed for a industrialization and ultimately Nuclear Weapons causing the Cold war.
What has the author KARL CORDELL written?
KARL CORDELL has written: 'GERMANY'S FOREIGN POLICY TOWARDS POLAND AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC: OSTPOLITIK REVISITED'
What has the author Karl Theodor Guttenberg written?
Karl Theodor Guttenberg has written: 'Die neue Ostpolitik' -- subject(s): Foreign relations
What has the author Ingrid Schulze written?
Ingrid Schulze has written: 'Der Missbrauch der Kunstgeschichte durch die imperialistische deutsche Ostpolitik' -- subject(s): Art and state, Nationalism and art 'Mongolische Malerei' -- subject(s): Mongolian Painting, Painting, Mongolian, Socialist realism in art 'Die Stadtkirche zu Wittenberg' -- subject(s): Wittenberg, Wittenberg. Stadtkirche
What has the author Erwin Wilkens written?
Erwin Wilkens has written: 'Kirchlicher Beitrag zur deutschen Ostpolitik' -- subject(s): Christianity and politics, Church and state, Foreign relations 'Bekenntnis und Ordnung' -- subject(s): Biography, Christianity and politics, Church and state, Clergy, Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland, History 'Section 218 [Paragraph zweihundertachtzehn]' -- subject(s): Abortion
What has the author Hans Huyn written?
Hans Huyn has written: 'Menschenrechte und Selbstbestimmung' -- subject(s): Civil rights, Human rights, Germans, Legal status, laws 'Die Sackgasse' -- subject(s): Foreign relations, Politics and government, German reunification question (1949-1990) 'Das Tiroler Weinbuch' -- subject(s): Tyrolean wines 'Ostpolitik im Kreuzfeuer' -- subject(s): Foreign relations 'Der Angriff' -- subject(s): World politics, Foreign relations
Why was Willy Brandt significant?
Willy Brandt was a significant German politician who served as Chancellor of West Germany from 1969 to 1974, known for his groundbreaking policies aimed at improving relations with East Germany and Eastern Europe, collectively known as "Ostpolitik." His efforts to foster dialogue and reconciliation during the Cold War helped ease tensions between East and West, earning him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1971. Brandt's leadership also contributed to the modernization of West German society and its economy, solidifying his legacy as a key figure in post-war European history.
What has the author Hans-Adolf Jacobsen written?
Hans-Adolf Jacobsen has written: 'Misstrauische Nachbarn. Deutsche Ostpolitik, 1919-1970' 'Zur Konzeption einer Geschichte des Zweiten Weltkrieges 1939-1945. Disposition mit kritisch ausgew\\'
What were the key events of the 1960's?
Some key events in Germany in the 1960s were the Spiegel Affair and the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials. Other events included the student protests, the ousting of Adenauer, the arrival of guest workers from Turkey, the introduction of emergency acts, and the rise of the Green Party in West Germany, as well as the building of the Berlin Wall, the Reconciliation of the Bishops, and the Ostpolitik of Willi Brandt.
What has the author Helmut Kistler written?
Kurt Helmut Zube has written: 'Diskussionsergebnisse' -- subject(s): Anarchism 'Der Bahnbrecher John Henry Mackay' -- subject(s): Biography, German Authors
What has the author John Wheeler Wheeler-Bennett written?
John Wheeler Wheeler-Bennett has written: 'Der Vertrag von Brest-Litowsk und Deutschlands Ostpolitik' 'Information on the World court, 1918-1928' -- subject(s): Permanent Court of International Justice 'The wreck of reparations' -- subject(s): Lausanne. Conference (June 16-July 9, 1932), Public Debts, Reparations, World War, 1914-1918 'The disarmament deadlock' -- subject(s): Conference for the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments (1932 : Geneva), Disarmament 'Brest-Litovsk, the forgotten peace, March, 1918' -- subject(s): History, Russia (Federation), Russia (Federation). 1918 Mar. 3., Treaties of Brest-Litovsk, Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, World War, 1914-1918 'Three episodes in the life of Kaiser Wilhelm II' 'Hindenburg: the wooden Titan' -- subject(s): History 'Munich: prologue to tragedy' -- subject(s): Munich Four-Power Agreement, Politics and government 'The forgotten peace, Brest-Litovsk, March 1918' -- subject(s): Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 'John Anderson, Viscount Waverley'
What year was detente created?
1969, it was adopted due to a combination of financial insecurity of both the USA and USSR, for the USA it was due to the economic strains caused by their involvement in Vietnam and a deepening need to improve the Welfare system. On the side of the USSR it was generally because of the vast production of armaments, this was true also for America but the Russian economy was worse off so it had a higher impact. The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 had also highlighted the dangers of nuclear annihilation for both sides, by 1969 Russia had matched the capability of the USA for Mutually Assured Destruction and so detente was made more necessary by the fact that both nations could easily destroy the other. There is the notion that this parity (equality/ equal amounts) of nuclear weapons would act as a deterrent as both sides knew that they were well matched and could equally destroy the other. However, as both nations strove forward to improve and invent new weapons this parity was made unstable and so could not form a good basis for the future. This instability and inability to retain parity made detente even more necessary. The Sino-Soviet Split (friendship of The People's Republic of China and the USSR) also created political instability between China, Russia and America. As relations between China and America improved, Russia began to feel insecure and realised that what had been a bi-polar world ( two nations of great strength and importance) had become a multi-polar one with China developing to match the strength of the USA and USSR. Russia now had to participate in triangular diplomacy which would be much more complex, also as Russia was no longer the only other powerful nation that America could go to, their importance was diminished. Improving relations between the USA and China also meant that Chinese support in political conflict or otherwise could not be relied on. This weakened Russian position also played a part in bringing Russia to the negotiating table and once there to make concessions. It was also a matter of geographical considerations, though by 1969 Russia had dominated a large part of Eastern Europe, the hold was tenuous and did not have the legitimacy of ownership that came from negotiation and agreement. The USSR hoped to gain recognition that the countries it had dominated were officially theirs, this had not come from forcibly imposing communism on many regions of the Eastern Bloc as they had done so after WW2. Russia's control was also wavering of many of the countries they had taken, Romania had developed a more independent foreign policy than the one favoured within Soviet Russia and the Czechoslovakian Crisis of 1968 and Strikes in the Polish city of Gdansk in 1970 were all signs that the Soviet hold over Eastern Europe needed strengthening. The USA was so not unhappy about this, the Russians coming to the negotiating table over the legitimacy of territory allowed them to try and get Russia to make concessions or even reduce Russia's influence in some areas of Eastern Europe. The USA's failure toacheive victory in the Vietnam War had presented them as weakened and not the invinsible superpower they had been viewed as since 1945. America's economy was weakened byit and it had caused high inflation and a large budget deficit. It had also resulted in a large decline in popular opinion for foreign intervention in Eastern Europe, but America still wanted to intervene without it being obvious, aggressive or controling. Negotiations and detente would allow this, it could also bee viewed as the American attempt to contain yet get along with Russia and so was seen by many in America as a fight against communism without bloodshed. As the image of American strength was weakened by the Vietnam war, Russia felt that it was a good chance to negotiate as America was in a weaker position and would be more inclined to accept American concessions and reduce Russian one's. Willy Brandt's (German chancellor of West Germany) policy of Ostpolitik (eastern policy) also promoted links between democratic and communist countries and saw the stabilization of European relations as essential to the interests of the continent as a whole. By establishing links and reducing tensions the scars that had been left by the conflict of the 'early Cold War) were slowly fading. There isn't solid evidence that Ostpolitik significantly impacted US-Soviet relations but it certainly influenced the actions and feelings of the superpower leaders and opened the possibility of better relations and detente. The Fear of Nuclear annihilation had also been felt across Europe and so there was pressure from all sides to improve US-Soviet relations. Hope this has helped.
How did relations change between US and USSR 1945-49?
Stalin was dying and therefore the people of Russia lost hope in him. They looked to a new leader and the U.S. did not see that they wanted peace, because after WWII Stalin proclaimed that War with the US was inevitable. Stalin fled to Switzerland because he felt that a military coup was coming. Being Stalin he was correct of course, and the US granted him diplomatic immunity to enter the US under a agreement that he could be treated for his disease and in turn give up information regarding the Soviet Union's defense systems. The new Militaristic government pushed for a industrialization and ultimately Nuclear Weapons causing the Cold war.
