The nuclear crisis : the arms race, Cold War anxiety, and the German peace movement of the 1980s
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The nuclear crisis : the arms race, Cold War anxiety, and the German peace movement of the 1980s
（Protest, culture and society, volume 19）
Berghahn Books, 2016
- : hbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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In 1983, more than one million Germans joined together to protest NATO's deployment of nuclear missiles in Europe. International media overflowed with images of marches, rallies, and human chains as protesters blockaded depots and agitated for disarmament. Though they failed to halt the deployment, the episode was a decisive one for German society, revealing deep divisions in the nation's political culture while continuing to mobilize activists. This volume provides a comprehensive reference work on the "Euromissiles" crisis as experienced by its various protagonists, analyzing NATO's diplomatic and military maneuvering and tracing the political, cultural, and moral discourses that surrounded the missiles' deployment in East and West Germany.
Table of Contents
Introduction: The Nuclear Crisis, NATO's Double-Track Decision, and the Peace Movement of the 1980s: An Introduction
Christoph Becker-Schaum, Philipp Gassert, Martin Klimke, Wilfried Mausbach, and Marianne Zepp
Chapter 1. From Helsinki to Afghanistan: The CSCE Process and the Beginning of the Second Cold War
Anja Hanisch
Chapter 2. The NATO Double-Track Decision: Genesis and Implementation
Tim Geiger
Chapter 3. SS-20 and Pershing II: Weapon Systems and the Dynamization of East-West Relations
Oliver Bange
Chapter 4. NATO's Double-Track Decision and East-West German Relations
Hermann Wentker
Chapter 5.Political Parties
Jan Hansen
Chapter 6. Eco-Pacifism: The Environmental Movement as a Source for the Peace Movement
Silke Mende and Birgit Metzger
Chapter 7. Rationality of Fear: The Intellectual Foundations of the Peace Movement
Marianne Zepp
Chapter 8. The Institutional Organization of the Peace Movement
Christoph Becker-Schaum
Chapter 9. The Spaces and Places of the Peace Movement
Susanne Schregel
Chapter 10. The Protagonists of the Peace Movement
Saskia Richter
Chapter 11. The Independent Peace Movement in East Germany
Rainer Eckert
Chapter 12. Visual and Media Strategies of the Peace Movement
Kathrin Fahlenbrach and Laura Stapane
Chapter 13. The Churches
Sebastian Kalden and Jan Ole Wiechmann
Chapter 14. Trade Unions
Dietmar Su ss
Chapter 15. The Police
Michael Sturm
Chapter 16. "Men Build Rockets": The Women's Peace Movement
Reinhild Kreis
Chapter 17. Civil Defense: Preparing for the Worst-Case Scenario in Politics and Science
Claudia Kemper
Chapter 18. Nuclear Doomsday Scenarios in Film, Literature, and Music
Philipp Baur
Chapter 19. A Triumph of Disarmament? The 1980s and the International Political System
Florian Pressler
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