Titel: | Nuclear threats, nuclear fear, and the Cold War of the 1980s |
Mitwirkende: | Conze, Eckart [HerausgeberIn] |
| Klimke, Martin [HerausgeberIn] |
| Varon, Jeremy [HerausgeberIn] |
Körperschaft: | Accidental Armageddons. The Nuclear Crisis and the Culture of the Second Cold War, 1975-1989 <Veranstaltung, 2010, Washington, DC> |
Institutionen: | Cambridge University Press [Verlag] |
| Deutsches Historisches Institut Washington DC [VeranstalterIn] |
Verf.angabe: | Eckart Conze (Philipps-Universität Marburg), Martin Klimke (New York University Abu Dhabi), Jeremy Varon (The New School) |
Verlagsort: | New York, NY, USA |
Verlag: | Cambridge University Press |
Jahr: | 2017 |
Umfang: | xvi, 370 Seiten |
Illustrationen: | Illustrationen |
Gesamttitel/Reihe: | Publications of the German Historical Institute |
Fussnoten: | "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 |
Ang. zum Inhalt: | 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. |
ISBN: | 978-1-107-13628-1 |
Abstract: | 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 |
URL: | Verlagsangaben: https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1618/2016026287-d.html |
| Autorenbiografie: https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1618/2016026287-b.html |
| Inhaltsverzeichnis: https://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz477270190inh.htm |
| Rezension: http://www.sehepunkte.de/2018/07/30491.html |
Schlagwörter: | (g)USA / (g)Europa / (s)Ost-West-Konflikt / (s)Atomare Rüstung / (s)Antikernkraftbewegung / (z)Geschichte 1975-1989 |
Dokumenttyp: | Konferenzschrift: (Deutsches Historisches Institut Washington DC : 04.11.2010-06.11.2010 : Washington, DC) |
Sprache: | eng |
RVK-Notation: | MK 2400 |
| MK 2300 |
| NQ 5910 |
K10plus-PPN: | 866161481 |
Nuclear threats, nuclear fear, and the Cold War of the 1980s / Conze, Eckart [HerausgeberIn]; 2017