Overview

In 1983, more than one million Germans joined together to protest NATO's deployment of nuclear missiles in Europe. International media overflowed with images of marches, rallies, and human chains as protesters blockaded depots and agitated for disarmament. Though they failed to halt the deployment, the episode was a decisive one for German society, revealing deep divisions in the nation's political culture while continuing to mobilize activists. This volume provides a comprehensive reference work on the Euromissiles crisis as experienced by its various protagonists, analyzing NATO's diplomatic and military maneuvering and tracing the political, cultural, and moral discourses that surrounded the missiles' deployment in East and West Germany.

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Author:   Christoph Becker-Schaum ,  Philipp Gassert ,  Martin Klimke ,  Wilfried Mausbach
Publisher:   Berghahn Books
Imprint:   Berghahn Books
Volume:   19
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.635kg
ISBN:  

9781785332678

ISBN 10:   1785332678
Pages:   392
Publication Date:   01 October 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: The Nuclear Crisis, NATO's Double-Track Decision, and the Peace Movement of the 1980s: An Introduction Christoph Becker-Schaum, Philipp Gassert, Martin Klimke, Wilfried Mausbach, and Marianne Zepp Chapter 1. From Helsinki to Afghanistan: The CSCE Process and the Beginning of the Second Cold War Anja Hanisch Chapter 2. The NATO Double-Track Decision: Genesis and Implementation Tim Geiger Chapter 3. SS-20 and Pershing II: Weapon Systems and the Dynamization of East-West Relations Oliver Bange Chapter 4. NATO's Double-Track Decision and East-West German Relations Hermann Wentker Chapter 5.Political Parties Jan Hansen Chapter 6. Eco-Pacifism: The Environmental Movement as a Source for the Peace Movement Silke Mende and Birgit Metzger Chapter 7. Rationality of Fear: The Intellectual Foundations of the Peace Movement Marianne Zepp Chapter 8. The Institutional Organization of the Peace Movement Christoph Becker-Schaum Chapter 9. The Spaces and Places of the Peace Movement Susanne Schregel Chapter 10. The Protagonists of the Peace Movement Saskia Richter Chapter 11. The Independent Peace Movement in East Germany Rainer Eckert Chapter 12. Visual and Media Strategies of the Peace Movement Kathrin Fahlenbrach and Laura Stapane Chapter 13. The Churches Sebastian Kalden and Jan Ole Wiechmann Chapter 14. Trade Unions Dietmar Su ss Chapter 15. The Police Michael Sturm Chapter 16. Men Build Rockets : The Women's Peace Movement Reinhild Kreis Chapter 17. Civil Defense: Preparing for the Worst-Case Scenario in Politics and Science Claudia Kemper Chapter 18. Nuclear Doomsday Scenarios in Film, Literature, and Music Philipp Baur Chapter 19. A Triumph of Disarmament? The 1980s and the International Political System Florian Pressler Bibliography Index

Reviews

[This volume consists] of nineteen erudite and informative contributions by an extraordinary series of contributors -- making it an unreservedly recommended publication for college and university library Nuclear Weapons & Warfare History, War & Peace, and Political Advocacy collections. * Midwest Book Review This volume is a well-conceived collection of different approaches to the events of the Nuclear Crisis and the reactions of a large, broad and heterogeneous peace movement. It is especially through its multidimensional description also well suited as an introduction to this topic. With the help of this volume is seems possible to 'learn from history,' because who considers the arguments and discussion threads of the debates will recognize much in the contemporary themes of the peace movement. * Forschungsjournal Soziale Bewegungen This is an important volume on a key phase of the Cold War, one that will be of interest to scholars, but can also be assigned to undergraduate and graduate students. The various chapters build on each other beautifully, forming a coherent whole. Aside from a couple of rough spots, they are beautifully written, though they originally appeared in German. A list of abbreviations and annotated bibliographies at the end of each chapter make this volume highly reader-friendly. * German History The breadth and balance of this collection make it an excellent introduction to the strategic challenges and nuclear anxieties of the Second Cold War. In giving such detailed coverage of the 1980s, it represents a kind of milestone in the historicization of peace movements. * William Glenn Gray, Purdue University With great conceptual clarity, the contributions to this volume offer innovative perspectives on the connections between international and domestic politics, the renegotiation of 'peace' in the political arena, and questions of collective agency. One of its great strengths is its multi-dimensional approach, integrating traditional methods of studying policy and diplomacy with an astute and precise analysis of media, protest actions, grass-roots activism, and the gendering of peace and protest. * Benjamin Ziemann, University of Sheffield

The breadth and balance of this collection make it an excellent introduction to the strategic challenges and nuclear anxieties of the Second Cold War. In giving such detailed coverage of the 1980s, it represents a kind of milestone in the historicization of peace movements. * William Glenn Gray, Purdue University

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Christoph Becker-Schaum is the Director of the Green Memory Archive at the Heinrich Boell Foundation in Berlin.

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