Visions Of The End Of The Cold War In Europe, 1945-1990

Both historians and the general public continue to be infatuated with the end of the Cold War, which was marked by the liberation of Eastern Europe from Soviet rule in 1989, the unification of Germany in 1990, and the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991. Bozo (European studies, Sorbonne, Paris) and other international scholars contribute to the understanding of this pivotal era by discussing the disengagement debates of the late 1950s, the Soviet Union's initial campaign against the Cold War, and visions of dActente from the 1950s to "How Reagan's SDI [Strategic Defense Initiative] Inadvertently Contributed to the End of the Cold War." Annotation Ac2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Frederic Bozo is Professor of History and International Relations in the Department of European Studies at the Sorbonne (University of Paris III). His publications include Mitterrand, the End of the Cold War, and German Unification (2009) and Two Strategies for Europe: De Gaulle, the United States and the Atlantic Alliance (2001).

Marie-Pierre Rey is Professor of Russian and Soviet History and Director of the Centre of Slavic Studies at the Sorbonne (University of Paris I). Her publications include Alexandre Ier, le tsar qui vainquit Napoleon (2009) and Europe and the End of the Cold War: A Reappraisal (ed., 2008).

Piers Ludlow is a Reader in the Department of International History of the London School of Economics. He recently published The European Community and the Crises of the 1960s: Negotiating the Gaullist Challenge (2006).

Bernd Rother is a Historian at the Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt Foundation in Berlin. He is editor of Willy Brandt: Uber Europa hinaus. Dritte Welt und Sozialistische Internationale(2006) and Willy Brandt: Gemeinsame Sicherheit. Internationale Beziehungen und deutsche Frage 1982-1992 (2009).