The Nuclear Crisis : : The Arms Race, Cold War Anxiety, and the German Peace Movement of the 1980s / / ed. by Christoph Becker-Schaum, Philipp Gassert, Martin Klimke, Wilfried Mausbach.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2016
• MitwirkendeR: Bange, Oliver,; Baur, Philipp,; Becker-Schaum, Christoph,; Eckert, Rainer,; Fahlenbrach, Kathrin,; Gassert, Philipp,; Geiger, Tim,; Hanisch, Anja,; Hansen, Jan,; Kalden, Sebastian,; Kemper, Claudia,; Klimke, Martin,; Kreis, Reinhild,; Mausbach, Wilfried,; Mende, Silke,; Metzger, Birgit,; Pressler, Florian,; Richter, Saskia,; Schregel, Susanne,; Stapane, Laura,; Sturm, Michael,; Süss, Dietmar,; Wentker, Hermann,; Wiechmann, Jan Ole,; Zepp, Marianne,
• HerausgeberIn: Becker-Schaum, Christoph,; Gassert, Philipp,; Klimke, Martin,; Mausbach, Wilfried,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Protest, Culture & Society ; 19
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (392 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Figures --; Abbreviations --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction: The Nuclear Crisis, NATO’s Double-Track Decision, and the Peace Movement of the 1980s --; Chapter 1 From Helsinki to Afghanistan: The CSCE Process and the Beginning of the Second Cold War --; Chapter 2 The NATO Double-Track Decision: Genesis and Implementation --; Chapter 3 SS-20 and Pershing II: Weapon Systems and the Dynamization of East-West Relations --; Chapter 4 NATO’s Double-Track Decision and East-West German Relations --; Chapter 5 Political Parties --; Chapter 6 Eco-pacifism: The Environmental Movement as a Source for the Peace Movement --; Chapter 7 Rationality of Fear: The Intellectual Foundations of the Peace Movement --; Chapter 8 The Institutional Organization of the Peace Movement --; Chapter 9 The Spaces and Places of the Peace Movement --; Chapter 10 The Protagonists of the Peace Movement --; Chapter 11 The Independent Peace Movement in East Germany --; Chapter 12 Visual and Media Strategies of the Peace Movement --; Chapter 13 The Churches --; Chapter 14 Trade Unions --; Chapter 15 The Police --; Chapter 16 “Men Build Missiles”: Th e Women’s Peace Movement --; Chapter 17 Nuclear Attack and Civil Defense: Preparing for the Worst-Case Scenario in Politics and Science --; Chapter 18 Nuclear Doomsday Scenarios in Film, Literature, and Music --; Chapter 19 A Triumph of Disarmament? Th e 1980s and the International Political System --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781785332685; 9783110998221
• DOI: 10.1515/9781785332685?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Christoph Becker-Schaum, Philipp Gassert, Martin Klimke, Wilfried Mausbach.

In 1983, more than one million Germans joined together to protest NATO’s deployment of nuclear missiles in Europe. International media overflowed with images of marches, rallies, and human chains as protesters blockaded depots and agitated for disarmament. Though they failed to halt the deployment, the episode was a decisive one for German society, revealing deep divisions in the nation’s political culture while continuing to mobilize activists. This volume provides a comprehensive reference work on the “Euromissiles” crisis as experienced by its various protagonists, analyzing NATO’s diplomatic and military maneuvering and tracing the political, cultural, and moral discourses that surrounded the missiles’ deployment in East and West Germany.