After
an extensive introduction by Dominique David on the changing
order in East-West relations, this book reproduces in seven
chapters essential political documents for the years 1945-1990.
Chapter 1 focuses on the beginning of the Cold War (pp. 39-78),
chapter 2 (pp. 77-114) deals with the two military alliances
(NATO, Warsaw Pact), chapter 3 covers the strategies of these
alliances (115-148) during the Cold War, chapter 4 discusses
three phases from the Cold War to détente, the second
Cold War and the new entente (pp. 149-226), chapter 5 offers
the crucial security proclamations of both sides (pp. 227-312)
while chapter 6 deals with arms control and disarmament agreements
(pp. 313-374) and chapter 7 (pp. 375-437) deals with the German
question.
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