The Nuclear Crisis: The Arms Race, Cold War Anxiety, and the German Peace Movement of the 1980s (Protest, Culture & Society #19)

By: Martin Klimke and Philipp Gassert and Wilfried Mausbach and Christoph Becker-Schaum

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Synopsis: 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.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781785332685
Related ISBNs:: 9781785332678, 9781785332678, 9781789205091
Publisher:: Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Date of Addition:: 01/09/20
Copyrighted By:: Christoph Becker-Schaum, Philipp Gassert, Martin Klimke, Wilfried Mausbach
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Military, Nonfiction
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Christoph Becker-Schaum
Edited by:: Philipp Gassert
Edited by:: Martin Klimke
Edited by:: Wilfried Mausbach