Dealing with the Devil

East Germany, D©tente, and Ostpolitik, 1969-1973

By: M. E. Sarotte

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Paperback | 16 April 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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"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." - A. James McAdams, University of Notre Dame"

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Preface	p. xi
Note on Usage	p. xv
Abbreviations	p. xix
Introduction Opposing Devils	p. 1
Setting the Stage in 1969: Old Worries and New Initiatives in the Era of Nixon and Brandt	p. 7
Speaking Civilly Face-To-Face in the First Half of 1970: Meetings in Moscow, Erfurt, Berlin, and Kassel	p. 37
Discovering the Perils of Bargaining in the Second Half of 1970: the Moscow Treaty, the Quadripartite Talks, and the Beginning of the End for Ulbricht	p. 65
Expediting Negotiations in 1971: Superpower Maneuvering and the Importance of China	p. 87
Achieving Initial Aims in 1971-1972: the Quadripartite Agreement, the Transit Accord, and the Traffc Treaty	p. 113
Sealing the Bargain in 1972-1973: the Basic Treaty in the Context of the International Cold War	p. 135
Conclusion: The Costs of Dealing with the Devil	p. 163
Note on Sources: the Bureaucracy of Evil	p. 181
Notes	p. 189
Bibliography	p. 269
Index	p. 289
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Dealing with the Devil

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