The ending of the Cold War division of Europe took place largely backstage, and this book lets us in on the strategies and negotiations, the nerve-racking risks, last-minute decisions, and deep deliberations that brought it off. It is the most authoritative depiction of contemporary statecraft to appear in decades. In a new Preface, the authors respond to questions raised in interviews, comment on new sources, and reiterate their theme that many outcomes to unification were possible.
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The ending of the Cold War division of Europe took place largely backstage, and this book lets us in on the strategies and negotiations, the nerve-racking risks, last-minute decisions, and deep deliberations that brought it off. It is the most authoritative depiction of contemporary statecraft to appear in decades. In a new Preface, the authors respond to questions raised in interviews, comment on new sources, and reiterate their theme that many outcomes to unification were possible.
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