Book Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary and abbreviations -- Map -- Introduction: Britain, Germany and Europe in the Cold War -- 1 Stunde null to Deutschlandvertrag -- 2 Détente or Politik der Stärke? -- 3 Macmillan and the search for détente -- 4 The fall of the Politik der Stärke and rise of the Anglo-Saxon consensus -- 5 The Wilson government and the German Question -- 6 Conclusion: New roles in a new era -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
This well-researched book details the ambiguity in British policy towards Europe in the Cold War as it sought to pursue dtente with the Soviet Union whilst upholding its commitments to its NATO allies