01982 a2200409 4500 1032083786 20250317100407.0 250312042021GB eng 9781032083780 Taylor & Francis GBP 42.99 BB 01 eng NHTW thema JPSD thema NHD thema N thema 3MPQ bisac HBTW bic JPSD bic HBJD bic HBLW3 bic HIS000000 bisac HIS010000 bisac HIS010010 bisac HIS010020 bisac HIS044000 bisac POL011010 bisac POL040020 bisac 355.0330409045 bisac Laurien Crump Margins for Manoeuvre in Cold War Europe The Influence of Smaller Powers 1 Oxford Routledge 20210630 272 p The Cold War is conventionally regarded as a superpower conflict that dominated the shape of international relations between World War II and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Smaller powers had to adapt to a role as pawns in a strategic game of the superpowers, its course beyond their control. This edited volume offers a fresh interpretation of twentieth-century smaller European powers – East–West, neutral and non-aligned – and argues that their position vis-à-vis the superpowers often provided them with an opportunity rather than merely representing a constraint. Analysing the margins for manoeuvre of these smaller powers, the volume covers a wide array of themes, ranging from cultural to economic issues, energy to diplomacy and Bulgaria to Belgium. Given its holistic and nuanced intervention in studies of the Cold War, this book will be instrumental for students of history, international relations and political science. Susanna Erlandsson B01 1854 1854