This major multinational study, based on archives from both sides of the 'Iron Curtain', seeks to understand the role played by international summitry in the dénouement of the Cold War, examining the thoughts and actions of key leaders and addressing international relations issues that still shape the world today.
Kristina Spohr is associate professor of International History at the LSE. German-Finnish by birth, she studied at the University of East Anglia, Sciences Po Paris, and Cambridge University, and also worked for a year in the NATO Secretary General's Private Office in Brussels. Her publications include The Global Chancellor: Helmut Schmidt and the Reshaping of the International Order (2016); Germany and the Baltic Question after the Cold War: The Development of a New Ostpolitik, 19892000 (2004); and At the Crossroads of Past and Present: Contemporary History and the Historical Discipline (co-editor, 2011). Her TV credits as presenter of historical documentaries for the German station ZDF include the five-part Geheimnisse des Kalten Krieges (2015) and Helmut Schmidt (2016). David Reynolds is professor of International History at Cambridge and a Fellow of Christ's College. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2005. He is the author of eleven books and three edited books, including The Long Shadow: The Great War and the Twentieth Century (2013), winner of the Hessell-Tiltman Prize, and Summits: Six Meetings that Shaped the Twentieth Century (2007). In Command of History: Churchill Fighting and Writing the Second World War (2004) was awarded the Wolfson Prize. He has also written and presented thirteen historical documentaries for BBC TV, as well as the award-winning Radio 4 series 'America, Empire of Liberty'.
Show moreThis major multinational study, based on archives from both sides of the 'Iron Curtain', seeks to understand the role played by international summitry in the dénouement of the Cold War, examining the thoughts and actions of key leaders and addressing international relations issues that still shape the world today.
Kristina Spohr is associate professor of International History at the LSE. German-Finnish by birth, she studied at the University of East Anglia, Sciences Po Paris, and Cambridge University, and also worked for a year in the NATO Secretary General's Private Office in Brussels. Her publications include The Global Chancellor: Helmut Schmidt and the Reshaping of the International Order (2016); Germany and the Baltic Question after the Cold War: The Development of a New Ostpolitik, 19892000 (2004); and At the Crossroads of Past and Present: Contemporary History and the Historical Discipline (co-editor, 2011). Her TV credits as presenter of historical documentaries for the German station ZDF include the five-part Geheimnisse des Kalten Krieges (2015) and Helmut Schmidt (2016). David Reynolds is professor of International History at Cambridge and a Fellow of Christ's College. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2005. He is the author of eleven books and three edited books, including The Long Shadow: The Great War and the Twentieth Century (2013), winner of the Hessell-Tiltman Prize, and Summits: Six Meetings that Shaped the Twentieth Century (2007). In Command of History: Churchill Fighting and Writing the Second World War (2004) was awarded the Wolfson Prize. He has also written and presented thirteen historical documentaries for BBC TV, as well as the award-winning Radio 4 series 'America, Empire of Liberty'.
Show moreKristina Spohr & David Reynolds: Introduction
PART I: Thawing the Cold War
1: Benedikt Schoenborn & Gottfried Niedhart: Erfurt and Kassel,
1970
2: Yafeng Xia & Chris Tudda: Beijing, 1972
3: James Cameron: Moscow, 1972
PART II: Living with the Cold War
4: Michael Cotey Morgan & Daniel Sargent: Helsinki, 1975
5: Kristina Spohr & David Reynolds: Bonn, Guadeloupe, and Vienna,
1978-1979
PART III: Transcending the Cold War
6: Jonathan Hunt & David Reynolds: Geneva, Reykjavik, Washington,
and Moscow, 1985-1988
7: Sergey Radchenko & Jeffrey A. Engel: Beijing and Malta, 1989
8: Kristina Spohr: Caucasus, 1990
9: Kristina Spohr & David Reynolds: Conclusions - Summits,
Statecraft, and the Dissolution of Bipolarity in Europe,
1970-1990
Bibliography of Secondary Sources
Index
Kristina Spohr is associate professor of International History at
the LSE. German-Finnish by birth, she studied at the University of
East Anglia, Sciences Po Paris, and Cambridge University, and also
worked for a year in the NATO Secretary General's Private Office in
Brussels. Her publications include The Global Chancellor: Helmut
Schmidt and the Reshaping of the International Order (2016);
Germany and the Baltic Question after the Cold War: The
Development of a New Ostpolitik, 19892000 (2004); and At the
Crossroads of Past and Present: Contemporary History and the
Historical Discipline (co-editor, 2011). Her TV credits as
presenter of historical documentaries
for the German station ZDF include the five-part Geheimnisse des
Kalten Krieges (2015) and Helmut Schmidt (2016). David Reynolds is
professor of International History at Cambridge and a Fellow of
Christ's College. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in
2005. He is the author of eleven books and three edited books,
including The Long Shadow: The Great War and the Twentieth Century
(2013), winner of the Hessell-Tiltman Prize, and Summits: Six
Meetings
that Shaped the Twentieth Century (2007). In Command of History:
Churchill Fighting and Writing the Second World War (2004) was
awarded the Wolfson Prize. He has also written and presented
thirteen historical documentaries for BBC TV,
as well as the award-winning Radio 4 series 'America, Empire of
Liberty'.
Transcending the Cold War offers a real contribution to Cold War
historiography. At a time when end of the Cold War scholarship is
enjoying a renaissance, the volume pushes other scholars to more
directly consider the interactions among senior leaders.
*Joshua R. Shifrinson, Journal of Contemporary History*
[O]ffers [an] interesting [view] of the evolution and peaceful end
of the Cold War.
*Sari Autio-Sarasmo, Slavic Review*
High-level summit meetings were a staple feature of international
politics throughout the 20th century, but at no time were they more
frequent or meaningful than in the final two decades of the Cold
War. Two distinguished historians, Kristina Spohr and David
Reynolds, have compiled an excellent set of essays about the
summits from 1970 to 1990 that both reflected and helped to bring
about far-reaching changes in the international system. The
contributions of the editors themselves and of other leading
experts give readers a superb account of the way summits evolved
and the impact they had during these momentous two decades.
*Mark Kramer, Director, Cold War Studies, Harvard University*
Kristina Spohr and David Reynolds have boldly undertaken one of the
most difficult tasks facing international historians -- how to
situate leaders within the great forces that shape the world and at
the same time gauge how much difference those individuals make. In
an elegantly written book which calls on a mass of evidence, they
argue persuasively that the summits between key figures such as
Khrushchev, Kennedy, Gorbachev or George Bush the elder really
mattered. Engaging in face to face negotiations with friends and
foes did much to prevent the Cold War from becoming a hot one and,
at the end, enabled it to wind down peacefully. Transcending the
Cold War is a model of diplomatic history which today's leaders
could read with profit.
*Margaret MacMillan, St Antony's College, Oxford University*
This is a lucid and compelling account of some of the most
important summit meetings of the Cold War. It manages to combine a
lively narrative and a wonderful compendium of crucial sources, to
address the deeper question of how far individual leaders can be
responsible for shaping the course of events, and how far they are
shaped by them.
*Bridget Kendall, Peterhouse, Cambridge; former BBC Diplomatic
Correspondent*
These detailed analyses, based on extensive archival work, add
significant depth to the understanding of international relations
and diplomacy ... Highly recommended.
*L. J. Roselle, CHOICE*
cleverly composed ... it is a commentary on the political blind
flight of our days. Or a contemporary appeal.
*Bernd Greiner, Sueddeutsche Zeitung [translated]*
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