Introduction What is the Helsinki Process? Section I Origins -- Where did it come from? -- Who started it? -- What were they afraid of? Section II Moving Forward -- Khrushchev, the accidental helper -- Brezhnev, the deluded visionary -- 1966 : Dialogue of the deaf -- 1967 : Detente, but what was it? -- 1968 : Dubcek, martyred by the "Brezhnev doctrine" -- 1969-74 : Willy Brandt, the realistic idealist -- 1969 : Now they are talking Section III Heading for the Summit -- Dipoli 1972-3 : Together at last -- 1973 : Setting up base camp in Geneva -- 1973-5 : The long climb to the summit -- 1975 : Views from the summit -- Coming down to earth Section IV Follow-up -- Belgrade 1977-8 : Human rights and wrongs -- Madrid 1980-83 : The stress test -- 1985-6 : Four meetings and the first breakthrough -- Vienna 1986-9 : The ice cracks -- Paris 1990 : Euphoria -- Helsinki II 1992 : Gloom Section V Where to now? -- Was an opportunity missed? -- The OSCE : more members, same tasks, rough road -- ODIHR : Human Rights and dodgy elections -- Conclusions, achievements, legacy -- Can Helsinki be a model for other trouble spots?
Summary:
"This volume tells the story of the Helsinki Process from the immediate post-war period through the signing of the Helsinki Final Act in 1975 to the collapse of the Soviet empire and up to the present day. Treating it as a single narrative in the search for a just and stable order in Europe adds significantly to the copious but mostly narrowly focused academic literature on the subject. Divided into 26 chapters, it can also serve as a handy reference book for different phases of the story. Chapter 22 examines the continuing debate over whether the West is responsible for the breakdown of relations with Russia and why the Helsinki Process failed to avert it. Chapter 26 asks whether the remarkable multilateral diplomacy that produced the Final Act could be replicated in other troubled areas today. It then offers twelve lessons that may be drawn from that experience. Defrosting the Cold War and Beyond: An Introduction to the Helsinki Process, 1954-2022 will help students and others understand the long arc of the Helsinki process, its place in European history and its continuing relevance today. Drawing on the first-hand experience of the author and other sources, the book corrects common errors and identifies some of the key people involved"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.