Detente and Alliance Politics in the Postwar Era: Strategic Dilemmas in United States - West German Relations.

Abstract

Throughout the postwar period, detente has been a central issue in relations between the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany. This thesis argues that detente is inherently limited: as a strategy for achieving objectives that have remained remarkably consistent throughout the postwar period, detente is predicated on the maintenance of a strong alliance; to the extent that it raises basic and perhaps irresolvable questions within the alliance, it tends to threaten alliance cohesion and thus undermine its own foundation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA126950

Entities

People

  • Schuyler Foerster

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

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  • Biomedical
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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Congress
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Foreign Relations
  • Geography
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military Organizations
  • National Governments
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Bombs
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  • Second World War
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  • Political science

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