Coming in from the Cold War: Changes in U.S.-European Interactions since 1980 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0742500179 ISBN 13: 9780742500174

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2001

Synopsis

The early 1980s brought dramatic changes in East-West relations. The decade began with the death of Yugoslavia's Tito, the birth of Poland's Solidarity trade union, and the U.S. election of Ronald Reagan as president. These key developments, together with the growing financial insolvency of the Soviet bloc and shifts in power in the Kremlin―culminating in the election of Mikhail Gorbachev as general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1985―signalled the end of an era. Since then, U.S. relations with Europe have charted a new course, influenced especially by the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, the expansion of NATO, and the growing strength of the European Union. This volume analyzes U.S. relations with Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Russia, Poland, and Ukraine, and examines the new role for NATO in the post-Cold War world and the evolving dynamics in the U.S.-EU partnership. Through their assessment of mutual perceptions, evolving interests, and clashing agendas, the contributors offer a fresh and thoughtful exploration of the relationship between the United States and the major European states.

About this title

About the Author:

Sabrina P. Ramet is professor of political science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. Christine Ingebritsen is associate professor of Scandinavian studies at the University of Washington.

Review:

This fresh and thoughtful assessment of the developing relationship between the United States and the principal European nations provides readers with riveting insights as to America's future on the European continent. (Parameters)

About this edition

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0742500179
• ISBN 13: 9780742500174
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Ingebritsen Christine