Christoph Kimmich

The origins of the cold war and contemporary Europe

Let me begin with what is generally meant by the Cold War. The term was coined in 1947 by the American presidential adviser, Bernard Barueh, and subsequently popularized by the late Walter Lippmann–something that Maier does not even care to mention. The Cold War denotes a state of extreme hostility in East/West relations as manifested in the series of psychological, economic, political, and subversive activities carried out by both sides, but short of military actions.

German Rearmament and the West, 1932-1933

This probing examination of the period just before and after Hitler came to power corrects many misconceptions about German rearmament. Drawing on previously unexploited sources, Edward Bennett unravels German military plans and shows their implications, undermining the notion that Hitlers accession represented a radical break with Germanys past. He also lays bare the fears and rivalries that hindered the Wests response, particularly at the 1932-1933 World Disarmament Conference.Originally published in 1979.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

The History of the German Resistance 1933-1945

Part 1 The background: the year 1933 forms of resistance top-level crisis. Part 2 The sudden crisis and the attempted coup of 1938: operation Green foreign policy and resistance Becks plans Halders plans. Part 3 Plans for a coup 1939-1940: before the outbreak of war plans, probings and memoranda Halders new plan further efforts soundings abroad. Part 4 Internal political plans: Schmid Noerr Hassell Popitz Goerdeler the Kreisau circle socialists. Part 5 Contacts with the enemy 1940-1944: Albrecht Hashofer 1940-1941 Hasell 1941-1942 Lochner 1941-1942 Trott, Bonhoeffer, Schonfeld 1942 Moltke 1943 Trott 1943-1944 Gisevius miscellaneous contacts eastern solution? Otto John 1944. Part 6 Assassination attempts 1933-1942: the early days attempts of 1938-1942. Part 7 Tresckow and army group centre: preparations projections of 1943 abortive plans Valkyrie. Part 8 Stauffenberg and the replacement army: Stauffenbergs career assassination attempts - Bussche, Kleist, Breitenbuch procurement of explosive communications planning internal political planning Stauffenbergs first two assassination attempts. Part 9 20 July 1944: Wolfschanze Berlin: the coup the coup in the provinces Prague, Vienna, Paris collapse in Berlin. Part 10 Wreck of the opposition: summary court martial arrests peoples court, executions, concentration camps.

The Precarious Truce: Anglo-Soviet Relations, 1924-27

Lenins death at the beginning of 1924 coincided with an exhaustive search by the USSR for a modus vivendi with the capitalist world. In laying the foundations of peaceful co-existence, priority was given to the cultivation of relations with Britain. This study examines the British governments various responses to the Soviet overtures. The scope of the work ranges from Labours de jure recognition of the Soviet Union at the beginning of 1924 to the Conservatives severance of relations in May 1927. The bulk of the study is set against the background of rapidly deteriorating relations and traces the unsparing measures employed by the Russians to forestall an open breach. Equal attention is paid to the Soviet governments straightforward diplomatic moves and to activities under the auspices of Comintern and the Soviet trade unions which rallied support without regard to frontiers or international protocol. The main aim was to strengthen the security and economic recovery of the Soviet Union, but revolutionary aspirations remain on the agenda.