The “Skeleton Key” — American Foreign Policy, European Unity, and German Rearmament, 1949–54
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9643302 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Schwartz (0000-0001-8012-1512, corresponding author), Thomas A Schwartz |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 369-385 |
| Publication date | 1986-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Central European History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-9389 • E-ISSN: 1569-1616 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s000893890001116x |
| OpenAlex | W2162871257 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 5 |
An older colleague recently observed to me that today we stand further removed in time from the end of World War II than Americans at the beginning of that conflict were from the Spanish American War. To those Americans of 1939, he said, the war with Spain seemed almost antediluvian, while to us World War II lives vividly in memory, and its consequences still shape our lives. As a student of modern American foreign policy, I found my colleague's observation particularly appropriate. American and Soviet soldiers still face each other in the middle of Germany, and Europe remains divided along the lines roughly set by the liberating armies. Yet could we now be facing major changes? Will an agreement to eliminate nuclear weapons in Europe, and glasnost in the Soviet Union transform this environment? Will the postwar division of Europe come to an end? What will be the consequences for the United States
Ancient history · Economic history · Face (sociological concept · First world war · Foreign policy · German · Key (lock · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Soviet union · Spanish Civil War · World War II · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · European history and politics · German History and Society · History · Law
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 1998 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |