A Good Example of Peaceful Coexistence? the Soviet Union, Austria, and Neutrality, 1955-1991

This monograph, based on newly declassified sources from Western and Russian archives as well as on communist texts about international law and neutrality, is the first English-language account of Soviet policy towards neutral yet capitalist Austria during the Cold War. In order to make neutrality a...

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Main Author: Mueller, Wolfgang
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Vienna Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 2011, 2011
Series:Zentraleuropa-Studien
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This monograph, based on newly declassified sources from Western and Russian archives as well as on communist texts about international law and neutrality, is the first English-language account of Soviet policy towards neutral yet capitalist Austria during the Cold War. In order to make neutrality a model for the West, the Kremlin presented the unique Soviet-Austrian relationship as "a good example of peaceful coexistence" and a showcase for the benefits a Western state might reap by declaring neutrality. This honor, however, had strings attached: The communist doctrine of neutrality contained obligations that were expected to make it possible to exploit neutral states as instruments of Soviet policy and bring them nearer the socialist bloc
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:3700168985
9783700168980