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Dealing with the Devil: East Germany, Détente, and Ostpolitik, 1969-1973 (New Cold War History) Hardcover – April 16, 2001

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Using new archival sources--including previously secret documents of the East German secret police and Communist Party--M. E. Sarotte goes behind the scenes of Cold War Germany during the era of detente, as East and West tried negotiation instead of confrontation to settle their differences. In Dealing with the Devil, she explores the motives of the German Democratic Republic and its Soviet backers in responding to both the detente initiatives, or Ostpolitik, of West Germany and the foreign policy of the United States under President Nixon.

Sarotte focuses on both public and secret contacts between the two halves of the German nation during Brandt's chancellorship, exposing the cynical artifices constructed by negotiators on both sides. Her analysis also details much of the superpower maneuvering in the era of detente, since German concerns were ever present in the minds of leaders in Washington and Moscow, and reveals the startling degree to which concern over China shaped European politics during this time. More generally, Dealing with the Devil presents an illuminating case study of how the relationship between center and periphery functioned in the Cold War Soviet empire.

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This is an excellent and engagingly written study of relations between East and West Germany at a pivotal time in the evolution of detente between the superpowers. Sarotte brings to her story original documents that no other scholar has researched, and she analyzes them with great subtlety and sophistication. Her fascinating account should be read by anyone interested in Cold War history.--A. James McAdams, University of Notre Dame

About the Author

Professor M. E. Sarotte teaches history at the University of Notre Dame.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ The University of North Carolina Press; New edition (April 16, 2001)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 328 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0807825999
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0807825990
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.1 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 1 x 9.5 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #5,632,606 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #17,080 in European Politics Books
- #17,759 in German History (Books)
- #46,359 in Political Science (Books)

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Mary E. Sarotte
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Sarotte is the author, among other books, of THE COLLAPSE and 1989, both of which were named Financial Times Books of the Year. Thirty years after the Soviet Union’s collapse, her newest book, NOT ONE INCH, reveals how tensions between America, NATO, and Russia transformed geopolitics between the Cold War and COVID.
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Sarotte is the author, among other books, of THE COLLAPSE and 1989, both of which were named Financial Times Books of the Year. Thirty years after the Soviet Union’s collapse, her newest book, NOT ONE INCH, reveals how tensions between America, NATO, and Russia transformed geopolitics between the Cold War and COVID.
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Mary Elise Sarotte
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Sarotte is the author, among other books, of THE COLLAPSE and 1989, both of which were named Financial Times Books of the Year. Thirty years after the Soviet Union's collapse, her newest book, NOT ONE INCH, reveals how tensions between America, NATO, and Russia transformed geopolitics between the Cold War and COVID.
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