Author:
Sarotte, Marry Elise.
Imprint:Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, c2014.
Descriptionxvi, 349 pages. : illustrations, map. ; 24 cm.
Note:Introduction: Creating post-Cold War Europe : 1989 and the architecture of order -- Chapter 1. What changes in Summer and Autumn 1989? -- Tiananmen fails to transfer -- The Americans step back -- The status quo ceases to convince -- East German self-confidence rises -- Television transforms reality -- Chapter 2. Restoring four-power rights, reviving a confederation in 1989 -- On the night of November 9 -- What next? -- The four (occupying?) powers -- Candy, fruit, and sex -- The Portugalov push -- Specters revive -- The restoration and revival models fall apart -- Chapter 3. Heroic aspirations in 1990 -- The fournd table -- Counterrevolution? -- The consequences of the brush with a stage of terror -- Emerging controversy over reparations and NATO -- "NATO's jurisdiction would not shift one inch eastward" -- Property pluralism -- Chapter 4. Prefab prevails -- The security solutions : two plus four equals NATO -- The political solution : article 23 -- The economic solution : monetary union -- The election campaign and the ways of the ward heeler -- The results of March 18 -- Reassuring European neighbors -- Chapter 5. Securing building permits -- The first carrot : money -- The Washington summit -- The second carrot : NATO reform -- Breakthrough in Russia -- Pay any price -- Conclusion: the legacy of 1989 and 1990 -- Counterfactuals -- Consequences -- Afterword to the new edition Revisiting 1989-1990 and the origins of NATO expansion -- Introduction: fading memories -- Bearing unwelcome tidings -- Genscher's thinking on NATO expansion to Eastern Europe in 1990 -- The split between Bush and Baker -- Kohl and Gorbachev -- The consequences of Camp David -- Conclusion: the persistence of preferred memories.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-308) and index.
