Nuclear threats, nuclear fear, and the Cold War of the 1980s

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Titel: Nuclear threats, nuclear fear, and the Cold War of the 1980s

Enthält: Introduction : between accidental armageddons and winnable wars: nuclear threats and nuclear fears in the 1980s / Eckart Conze, Martin Klimke, and Jeremy Varon
Part I: Defining threat : nuclear dangers and the moral imagination -- 1 Nuclear winter : prophecies of doom and images of desolation during the Second Cold War / Wilfried Mausbach
2 Atomic nightmares and biological citizens at Three Mile Island / Natasha Zaretsky
3 Missile bases as concentration camps : the role of National Socialism, the Second World War, and the Holocaust in the West German discourse on nuclear armament / Eckart Conze
Part II: Popular culture -- 4 "Will you sing about the missiles?" : British antinuclear protest music of the 1980s / William M. Knoblauch
5 From Artists for Peace to the Green Caterpillar : cultural activism and electoral politics in 1980s West Germany / Martin Klimke and Laura Stapane
6 A tenuous peace : international antinuclear activism in the East German Writers Union during the 1980s / Thomas Goldstein
Part III: Local and transnational activism -- 7 The "Example of Wyhl" : how grassroots protest in the Rhine Valley shaped West Germany's antinuclear movement / Stephen Milder
8 No Nukes and front porch politics : environmental protest culture and practice on the Second Cold War home front / Michael Stewart Foley
9 Global micropolitics : toward a transnational history of grassroots nuclear-free zones / Susanne Schregel
10 European Nuclear Disarmament : transnational peace campaigning in the 1980s / Patrick Burke
11 A case of Hollanditis : the Interchurch Peace Council in the Netherlands and the Christian peace movement in Western Europe / Sebastian Kalden
Part IV: The challenge for high politics -- 12 Peace through strength? : the impact of the antinuclear uprising on the Carter and Reagan administrations / Lawrence S. Wittner
13 Did protest matter? the influence of the peace movement on the West German government and the Social Democratic Party, 1977-1983 / Tim Geiger and Jan Hansen
14 Why was there no "accidental armageddon" discourse in France? how defense intellectuals, peace movements, and public opinion rethought the Cold War during the Euromissile crisis / Katrin Rücker
Building trust : the G7 summits and international leadership in nuclear politics / Enrico Böhm.

Beteiligte: Conze, Eckart [HerausgeberIn]; Klimke, Martin [HerausgeberIn]; Varon, Jeremy [HerausgeberIn]

Körperschaft: Cambridge University Press ; Deutsches Historisches Institut Washington DC

Erschienen: New York, NY, USA: Cambridge University Press, 2017

Umfang: xvi, 370 Seiten; Illustrationen

Sprache: Englisch

ISBN: 9781107136281

RVK-Notation: NQ 5910 : Allgemeines

Schlagwörter: USA > Europa > Ost-West-Konflikt > Atomare Rüstung > Antikernkraftbewegung > Geschichte 1975-1989

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Anmerkungen: "This book originated in a global conference in 2010, "Accidental Armageddons: The Nuclear Crisis and the Culture of the Second Cold War, 1975-1989." Hosted by the German Historical Institute (GHI), the gathering was co-sponsored by National Security Archive, and the New School for Social Research/Eugene Lang College."--Acknowledgements

Beschreibung: Introduction : Between Accidental Armaggedons and Winnable Wars : Nuclear Threats and Nuclear Fears in the 1980s / Eckart Conze, Martin Klimke, Jeremy Varon -- Defining Threat: Nuclear Dangers and the Moral Imagination Nuclear Winter : Prophecies of Doom and Images of Desolation During the Second Cold War / Wilfried Mausbach -- Atomic Nightmares and Biological Citizens at Three Mile Island / Natasha Zaretsky -- Missile Bases as Concentration Camps : The Role of National Socialism, the Second World War, and the Holocaust in the West German Discourse on Nuclear Armament / Eckart Conze -- Will You Sing About the Missiles? : British Anti-Nuclear Protest Music of the 1980s / William Knoblauch -- From Artists for Peace to the Green Caterpillar : Cultural Activism and Electoral Politics in 1980s West Germany / Laura Stapane and Martin Klimke -- A Tenuous Peace : International Anti-Nuclear Activism in the East German Writers Union in the 1980s / Thomas Goldstein -- The Example of Wyhl : How Grassroots Protest in the Rhine Valley Shaped the West German Anti-Nuclear Movement / Stephen Milder -- No Nukes and Front Porch Politics : Environmental Protest Culture and Practice on the Second Cold War Home Front / Michael Foley -- Global Micropolitics : Towards a Transnational History of Grassroots Nuclear Free Zones / Susanne Schregel -- "We Envisage a European-Wide Campaign, In Which Every Kind of Exchange Takes Place" : European Nuclear Disarmament in the West European Peace Movement of the 1980s / Patrick Burke -- A Case of Hollanditis : The Interchurch Peace Council in the Netherlands and the Christian Peace Movement in Western Europe / Sebastian Kalden -- Peace through Strength? : The Impact of the Antinuclear Uprising on the Carter and Reagan Administrations / Lawrence Wittner -- Did Protest Matter? : The Influence of the Peace Movement on the West German Government and the Social Democratic Party, 1977-1983 / Tim Geiger and Jan Hansen -- Why is there no Accidental Armageddon Discourse in France? : How Defence Intellectuals, Peace Movements, and Public Opinion Rethought the Cold War During the Euromissile Crisis / Katrin Ruecker -- Building Trust : The G7 Summits and International Leadership in Nuclear Politics / Enrico Boehm

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