Austria in the First Cold War, 1945-55

The Leverage of the Weak

G. Bischof

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 1999
• ISBN:
  9780230372313
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: European History
• Index: History

At the height of the first Cold War in the early 1950s, the Western powers worried that occupied Austria might become 'Europe's Korea' and feared a Communist takeover. The Soviets exploited their occupation zone for maximum reparations. American economic aid guaranteed Austria's survival and economic reconstruction. Their military assistance turned Austria into a 'secret ally' of the West. Austrian diplomacy played a vital role in securing the Austrian treaty in bilateral negotiations with Stalin's successors in the Kremlin demonstrating the leverage of the weak in the Cold War.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• List of Tables
• Preface and Acknowledgements
• List of Abbreviations
• Introduction
• 1 The Austrians' Role and Allied Planning during the Second World War
• 2 The Anglo-Soviet Cold War over Austria, 1945/6
• 3 The Creation of Austrian Foreign Policy, 1945/6
• 4 Austrian Economic Malaise: Soviet–American Cold War over Austria, 1946/7
• 5 In the Shadow of Germany: the Militarization of the Cold War in Austria, 1948–52
• 6 After Stalin's Death: "Peaceful Coexistence" and the Conclusion of the Austrian Treaty, 1953–5
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Select Bibliography
• Index