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Written by an insider, this is the only published firsthand account of the debate within the Eisenhower administration after Stalin's death over whether or not the United States should propose and actively promote the reunification of Germany.

Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. The Issues and the Decision
  • 2. The Background: Europe, the U.S.S.R., and the U.S.
  • 3. American Perceptions of the Soviet Union and the Death of Stalin
  • 4. Three Protagonists of Negotiation
  • 5. From March 11 to April 16, 1953
  • 6. The Aftermath
  • 7. Some Conclusions
  • Appendixes
    • A. The March 6, 1953, Draft of the Proposed "Message" and Related Documents
    • B. The Provisional CIA Estimate of the Consequences of Stalin's Death
    • C. Extracts from the Author's Notes on the Origin of the President's Speech of April 16, 1953
    • D. State Department Memorandum with Consolidated Advice for the March 11, 1953, NSC Meeting
    • E. The Full Text of Eisenhower's Speech of April 16 and Dulles'
    • of April 18
    • F. Dulles Accepts the Speech
    • G. The Final Draft of the Princeton Statement of U.S. ForeignPolicy Goals, May 11, 1952
    • H. Stalin's Responses to James Reston's Four Questions of December 18, 1952, as Published December 25
    • I. Dulles to Hughes Memorandum of April 10, 1953
    • J. Nitze Still Resistant, March 1953
    • K. Three Rostow-Jackson Letters, April 1953
    • L. Jackson's Letter to Dulles Following the April 16 Speech
    • M. The Speech Viewed from Moscow
    • N. Churchill and Attlee on Eisenhower's Speech
    • O. Two Accounts of the Foreign Ministers Meeting in Berlin on February 10, 1954
  • Notes
  • Index

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/07/1982
      ISBN13: 9780292720367, 978-0292720367
      ISBN10: 029272036X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Written by an insider, this is the only published firsthand account of the debate within the Eisenhower administration after Stalin's death over whether or not the United States should propose and actively promote the reunification of Germany.

      Table of Contents
      • Preface
      • 1. The Issues and the Decision
      • 2. The Background: Europe, the U.S.S.R., and the U.S.
      • 3. American Perceptions of the Soviet Union and the Death of Stalin
      • 4. Three Protagonists of Negotiation
      • 5. From March 11 to April 16, 1953
      • 6. The Aftermath
      • 7. Some Conclusions
      • Appendixes
        • A. The March 6, 1953, Draft of the Proposed "Message" and Related Documents
        • B. The Provisional CIA Estimate of the Consequences of Stalin's Death
        • C. Extracts from the Author's Notes on the Origin of the President's Speech of April 16, 1953
        • D. State Department Memorandum with Consolidated Advice for the March 11, 1953, NSC Meeting
        • E. The Full Text of Eisenhower's Speech of April 16 and Dulles'
        • of April 18
        • F. Dulles Accepts the Speech
        • G. The Final Draft of the Princeton Statement of U.S. ForeignPolicy Goals, May 11, 1952
        • H. Stalin's Responses to James Reston's Four Questions of December 18, 1952, as Published December 25
        • I. Dulles to Hughes Memorandum of April 10, 1953
        • J. Nitze Still Resistant, March 1953
        • K. Three Rostow-Jackson Letters, April 1953
        • L. Jackson's Letter to Dulles Following the April 16 Speech
        • M. The Speech Viewed from Moscow
        • N. Churchill and Attlee on Eisenhower's Speech
        • O. Two Accounts of the Foreign Ministers Meeting in Berlin on February 10, 1954
      • Notes
      • Index

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