Cold War respite
Subtitle: the Geneva Summit of 1955
By: edited by Günter Bischof and Saki Dockrill.
Contributors: Bischof, Günter, 1953-; Dockrill, Saki.
Series: Eisenhower Center studies on war and peace
Publisher: Louisiana University Press; LSU Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Baton Rouge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
Subjects: Eisenhower, Dwight D. 1890-1969 -- Congresses.; Summit meetings -- Switzerland -- Geneva -- Congresses.; World politics -- 1945-1955 -- Congresses.; United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union -- Congresses.; Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States -- Congresses.; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989 -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: "In Cold War Respite twelve scholars writing from several national perspectives investigate in riveting detail how that event - examined only in passing until now - came about, why its "spirit" was so short-lived, and what its subsequent impact was on the development of the cold war.

Making use of newly declassified archives in the United States, France, Britain, and Russia, the authors provide some of the latest research and insights into early cold-war history as they track the crucial period from Stalin's death in 1953 until the summit. They consider John Foster Dulles's policy at Geneva and the meeting of the four foreign ministers that followed the summit."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-306) and index.
Based on papers presented at a conference held Oct. 20-22, 1995, New Orleans, La.