Europe and the Cold War, 1945-91

Chapter 1 The Cold War: An introduction 1 What Was the Cold War? 2 The Origins of the Cold War, 1917-45 3 The Beginnings of the Cold War in Europe 1945-8 4 The 'First Cold War' 1948-53 5 The 'Thaw' 1953-7 6 The 'Second Cold War' 1958-62 7 The Period of Detente 1963-79 8 The 'Third Cold War' and the Collapse of Communism, 1979-91 9 The Nuclear Background Chapter 2 The Defeat of the Axis Powers, 1943-5: Cold War Foreshadowed? 1 The Conflicting Aims of the Big Three 2 Inter-Allied Negotiations 1943-4 3 The Liberation of Europe 1943-5 4 The Yalta Conference, February 1945 5 The End of the War in Europe 6 Conclusion Chapter 3 The Break up of the Grand Alliance, 1945-7 1 Early Postwar Tensions between the Great Powers, April-August 1945 2 The Peace Treaties with Italy and the Minor Axis Powers 3 Germany, June 1945-April 1947 4 The Truman Doctrine of Containment 5 The Marshall Plan 6 The European States, June 1945-December 1947 7 Conclusion Chapter 4 The Division of Germany and Europe 1948-9 1 The Emergence of a Western Bloc 2 The Consolidation of the Eastern Bloc 3 The Yugoslav-Soviet Split 4 The Decision to Create a West German State 5 The Soviet Response: The Berlin Blockade 6 The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation 7 The Division of Germany 8 Key Debate Chapter 5 The Consolidation of the Rival Blocs 1 Western Integration 1950-2 2 Stalin's Failure to Stop West German Rearmament 4 Western Attempts to Destabilise the Soviet Bloc 5 Leadership Changes in the USA and USSR 6 The East German Revolt, June 1953 7 The Western European Settlement 1953-5 8 The Warsaw Pact Treaty 9 The Geneva Conference, July 1955 10 Key Debate Chapter 6 The Khrushchev Era and the 'Second Cold War' 1956-63 1 The Year of Crises 1956 2 The Legacy of the Crises 3 The Berlin Crisis 1958-61 4 The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 5 Assessment: The 'Second Cold War' Chapter 7 The 'Long Peace' in Europe 1963-91 1 The Road to Detente, 1963-9 2 Ostpolitik 3 The Helsinki Accord 4 The 'Third' or 'New Cold War' 1979-85 5 The End of the Cold War in Europe 1983-91 6 Reunification of Germany 7 Conclusion Chapter 8 Interpreting the Cold War 1 Could the Cold War Have Been Avoided? 2 When Did the Cold War Actually Start? 3 Why Did the Cold War in Europe Last so Long? 4 Why Did the Cold War End? Further Reading Glossary Index