1st Edition

Economic Relations With The Soviet Union American And West German Perspectives

Edited By Angela E. Stent Copyright 1985
    200 Pages
    by Routledge

    200 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book examines the political and economic premises behind American and West German approaches toward East-West commerce and analyzes the degree to which views differ. It presents wide-ranging and conflicting views on issues that are of vital significance for Western security.

    Foreword -- Preface: Transatlantic Divide? -- The Political Dimension -- US-Soviet Relations: Detente or Cold War? -- Soviet-West German Relations Under Helmut Kohl: Continuity or Change? -- The Economic Dimension -- Soviet-West German Economic Relations: The Soviet Perspective -- Soviet-West German Economic Relations: The West German Perspective -- Basic Issues in US-Soviet Economic Relations -- The Security Dimension -- United States Policy on Strategic Trade with the Soviet Bloc -- East-West Trade: A Commerce Department Perspective -- Toward a New German-American Consensus -- The Fragile US-West German Consensus -- The Future of Inter-German Political and Economic Relations -- Afterword