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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Publisher

Berghahn Books

Year

2016

Print ISBN

9781789205091, 9781785332678

eBook ISBN

9781785332685

Edition

Topic

History

Subtopic

20th Century History

Index

History

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List of Figures
Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Introduction. The Nuclear Crisis, NATO’s Double-Track Decision, and the Peace Movement of the 1980s
Chapter 1. From Helsinki to Afghanistan: The CSCE Process and the Beginning of the Second Cold War
Chapter 2. The NATO Double-Track Decision: Genesis and Implementation
Chapter 3 SS-20 and Pershing II: Weapon Systems and the Dynamization of East-West Relations
Chapter 4. NATO’s Double-Track Decision and East-West German Relations
Chapter 5. Political Parties
Chapter 6. Eco-pacifism: The Environmental Movement as a Source for the Peace Movement
Chapter 7. Rationality of Fear: The Intellectual Foundations of the Peace Movement
Chapter 8. The Institutional Organization of the Peace Movement
Chapter 9. The Spaces and Places of the Peace Movement
Chapter 10. The Protagonists of the Peace Movement
Chapter 11. The Independent Peace Movement in East Germany
Chapter 12. Visual and Media Strategies of the Peace Movement
Chapter 13. The Churches
Chapter 14. Trade Unions
Chapter 15. The Police
Chapter 16. “Men Build Missiles”: The Women’s Peace Movement
Chapter 17. Nuclear Attack and Civil Defense: Preparing for the Worst-Case Scenario in Politics and Science
Chapter 18. Nuclear Doomsday Scenarios in Film, Literature, and Music
Chapter 19. A Triumph of Disarmament? The 1980s and the International Political System
Index

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