A Constructed Peace: The Making of the European Settlement, 1945–1963: Trachtenberg, Marc: Princeton: Princeton University Press 418 pp., Publication Date: February 1999
A Constructed Peace: The Making of the European Settlement, 1945–1963: Trachtenberg, Marc: Princeton: Princeton University Press 418 pp., Publication Date: February 1999
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《构建的和平:欧洲解决方案的形成,1945-1963 年》: Trachtenberg,马克:普林斯顿:普林斯顿大学出版社 418 页,出版日期:1999 年 2 月
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10.1080/03612759.1999.10527746
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1999
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G. V. Davis
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In his introduction to A Constructed Peace, Marc Trachtenberg posits the following argument:“The problem of German power lay at the heart of the cold war.” In a comprehensive examination, the University of Pennsylvania professor explores the underlying causes of early Cold War politics in the period 1945-1963. Relentlessly examining an abundance of historical documentation, Trachtenberg works his way through the multifarious conferences, treaties, and unwritten agreements that established the groundwork for post-World War I1 Europe. The critical factor, he determines, was the role Germany would have in the postwar landscape. Trachtenberg suggests that in the years immediately following World War 11, there existed an unwritten covenant between the superpowers regarding Germany. He argues that both the United States and the USSR saw a divided Germany as the most workable option, and that that agreement was assumed regardless of official policy. During the Eisenhower administration, however, US policy began to change. With the strengthening of NATO and the question of European self-determination in the balance, the US engaged in actions that seemed to be at odds with previous arrangements. The idea of sharing nuclear technology, offered by the Eisenhower administration, further deteriorated erstwhile agreements, and the suggestion of a nuclear-capable Germany was unacceptable