Lessons from the second Berlin Crisis (1958–1963) with regard to current nuclear relations with Russia and the United States
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TexteLangue : français Détails de publication : 2018.
Ressources en ligne : Abrégé : As an occupying power of Berlin after 1945, France was directly involved in one of the most dangerous nuclear crises of the Cold War era, the Second Berlin crisis. From 1958 to 1963, Paris, Washington, and London were repeatedly confronted with Khrushchev’s threats. The Soviet leader, playing with the risk of nuclear conflagration, challenged western rights to access to West Berlin, an isolated territory that could not be defended by conventional means. Thus, he tried to undermine the cohesion of the Atlantic Alliance, with a certain amount of success. This article examines which lessons France can take from this episode today, in terms of nuclear posture and diplomacy towards the two nuclear superpowers, Russia and the United States.
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As an occupying power of Berlin after 1945, France was directly involved in one of the most dangerous nuclear crises of the Cold War era, the Second Berlin crisis. From 1958 to 1963, Paris, Washington, and London were repeatedly confronted with Khrushchev’s threats. The Soviet leader, playing with the risk of nuclear conflagration, challenged western rights to access to West Berlin, an isolated territory that could not be defended by conventional means. Thus, he tried to undermine the cohesion of the Atlantic Alliance, with a certain amount of success. This article examines which lessons France can take from this episode today, in terms of nuclear posture and diplomacy towards the two nuclear superpowers, Russia and the United States.
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