A Good Example of Peaceful Coexistence?

The Soviet Union, Austria and Neutrality, 1955-1991

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Müller, WolfgangSuppan, ArnoldHrsg. ReiheKlingenstein, GreteHrsg. Reihe

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Verlag der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaftenerschienen am03.02.2011

This monograph, based on newly declassified sources from Western and Russian archives as well as on communist texts about international law and neutrality, is the first English-language account of Soviet policy towards neutral yet capitalist Austria during the Cold War. In order to make neutrality a model for the West, the Kremlin presented the unique Soviet-Austrian relationship as "a good example of peaceful coexistence" and a showcase for the benefits a Western state might reap by declaring neutrality. This honor, however, had strings attached: The communist doctrine of neutrality contained obligations that were expected to make it possible to exploit neutral states as instruments of Soviet policy and bring them nearer the socialist bloc. While Austrian leaders were careful to avoid these pitfalls, Soviet interventions in Hungary and Czechoslovakia in 1956 and 1968 and interference into Austria´s interpretation of neutral policy could not but deeply affect Austrian policy and the Soviet-Austrian honeymoon.mehr

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KlappentextThis monograph, based on newly declassified sources from Western and Russian archives as well as on communist texts about international law and neutrality, is the first English-language account of Soviet policy towards neutral yet capitalist Austria during the Cold War. In order to make neutrality a model for the West, the Kremlin presented the unique Soviet-Austrian relationship as "a good example of peaceful coexistence" and a showcase for the benefits a Western state might reap by declaring neutrality. This honor, however, had strings attached: The communist doctrine of neutrality contained obligations that were expected to make it possible to exploit neutral states as instruments of Soviet policy and bring them nearer the socialist bloc. While Austrian leaders were careful to avoid these pitfalls, Soviet interventions in Hungary and Czechoslovakia in 1956 and 1968 and interference into Austria´s interpretation of neutral policy could not but deeply affect Austrian policy and the Soviet-Austrian honeymoon.

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ISBN/GTIN978-3-7001-6898-0

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Verlag der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

ErscheinungsortWien

ErscheinungslandÖsterreich

Erscheinungsjahr2011

Erscheinungsdatum03.02.2011

ReiheZentraleuropa-Studien

Reihen-Nr.15