Mitterrand, the End of the Cold War, and German Unification(English, Hardcover, Bozo Frederic)

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Mitterrand, the End of the Cold War, and German Unification(English, Hardcover, Bozo Frederic) is written by Bozo Frederic and published by Berghahn Books. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1845454278 (ISBN 10) and 9781845454272 (ISBN 13).

Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, this important book explores the role of France in the events leading up to the end of the Cold War and German unification. Most accounts concentrate on the role of the United States and look at these events through the bipolar prism of Soviet-American relations. Yet because of its central position in Europe and of its status as Germany's foremost European partner, France and its President, Francois Mitterrand, played a decisive role in these pivotal international events: the peaceful liberation of Eastern Europe from Soviet rule starting in 1988, the fall of the Berlin Wall and Germany's return to unity and full sovereignty in 1989/90, and the breakup of the USSR in 1991. Based on extensive research and a vast amount of archival sources, this book explores the role played by France in shaping a new European order.