Marc TrachtenbergBesprekingen

איך נוצר הסטטוס קוו באירופה בין המעצמות לאחר מלחמת העולם השנייה עד לשנת 1964. ספר מרתק וכתוב היטב גם אם קצת מפורט מדי

Argues that the fundamental issue in the Cold War was the German Question. Shows how it took from 1945 until 1963 to arrive at the working arrangement that Germany would be divided, with West Berlin remaining occupied by NATO troops, and that West Germany would remain non-nuclear. It is interesting to note that much of this arrangement has continued after the end of the Cold War, with the 2+4 Treaty similarly prohibiting Germany from acquiring nuclear weapons.