Contrasting US and German attitudes to Soviet trade, 1917-91: Politics by economic means

Analyzing the differences in the approach to Soviet trade between the US and Germany since 1917, this book provides an historical perpective to the use of Western economic power as an instrument with which to change Soviet policy. It shows how, by quite different policies, the United States and Germany can both ultimately claim success in achieving their primary East-West foreign policy objectives. In the US case, by beating the Soviet system, and in the German case, by gaining Soviet agreement in 1990 to a united Germany within NATO. The book relates economic policy to political strategy.