Anticipating European Détente: Denmark, NATO, and the Struggle for an All-European Security Conference

Poul Villaume

Anticipating European Détente: Denmark, NATO, and the Struggle for an All-European Security Conference

SAXO-Institute - Archaeology, Ethnology, Greek & Latin, History

Abstract

This chapter examines how the international acceptance of two separate and independent German states affected Scandinavian views of Germany’s position. The chapter broaches the topic from a Scandinavian perspective with a particular focus on Denmark. It is universally acknowledged that one of the focal points of the Cold War on the European scene was divided Germany and divided Berlin. The dividing line in Germany, especially through Berlin, marked one of the frontlines of the Cold War. The shift of power from the Christian-Democrats to the SPD resulted in some important new turns in German foreign policy. The new West German social democratic-liberal coalition government led by Willy Brandt (SPD) announced that it was prepared to acknowledge the existence of the second German state, the German Democratic Republic (GDR), and that it was prepared to enter into closer relations with the East German government.

Translated title of the contribution	Forberedelse af europæisk afspænding : Danmark, NATO og kampen for en al-europæisk sikkerhedskonference
Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Long 1970s : Human Rights, East-West Détente, and Transnational Relations
Editors	Poul Villaume, Rasmus Mariager, Helle Porsdam
Place of Publication	Abingdon
Publisher	Routledge
Publication date	1 Jan 2016
Chapter	7
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4724-5940-4
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2016

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Anticipating European Détente: Denmark, NATO, and the Struggle for an All-European Security Conference. / Villaume, Poul.
The Long 1970s: Human Rights, East-West Détente, and Transnational Relations. ed. / Poul Villaume; Rasmus Mariager; Helle Porsdam. Abingdon: Routledge, 2016.

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Anticipating European Détente: Denmark, NATO, and the Struggle for an All-European Security Conference

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