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Introduction / Frédéric Bozo, Marie-pierre Rey, N. Piers Ludlow, Leopoldo Nuti -- Who Won The Cold War In Europe? A Historiographical Overview / Michael Cox -- Pt. I. Perestroika And Its Effects Revisited. Gorbachcv's New Thinking And Europe, 1985-1989 / Marie-pierre Rey -- In The Name Of Europe: Soviet Withdrawal From Eastern Europe / Svetlana Savranskaya -- Pt. Ii. Developments In Eastern Europe. Rumblings In Eastern Europe: Western Pressure On Poland's Moves Towards Democratic Transformation / Gregory F. Domber -- The Catholic Church And The Cold War's End In Europe: Vatican Ostpolitik And Pope John Paul Ii, 1985-1989 / Bernd Schäfer -- The International Context Of Hungarian Transition, 1989: The View From Budapest / László Borhi -- Pt. Iii. German Unification Between The Superpowers. In The Name Of Europe's Future: Soviet, French And British Qualms About Kohl's Rush To German Unification / Jacques Lévesque --^ Gorbachev's Consent To United Germany's Membership Of Nato / Hannes Adomeit -- The United States, German Unification And European Integration / Robert L. Hutchings -- Pt. Iv. German Unification: Seizing The Opportunity. German Unification And European Integration Are But Two Sides Of One Coin: The Frg, Europe, And The Diplomacy Of German Unification / Helga Haftendorn -- France, German Unification And European Integration / Frédéric Bozo -- A Naturally Supportive Environment? The European Institutions And German Unification / N. Piers Ludlow -- Pt. V. German Unification: Concerns And Misgivings. The United Kingdom And German Unification / Patrick Salmon -- Italy, German Unification And The End Of The Cold War / Leopoldo Nuti -- Pt. Vi. Soviet Disintegration And The Building Of A New Europe. From The Common European Home To European Confederation: Francois Mitterrand And Mikhail Gorbachev In Search Of The Road To A Greater Europe / Andrei Grachev --^ International Reactions To Soviet Disintegration: The Case Of The Baltic States / Kristina Spohr Readman -- Pt. Vii. Competing Visions In The Euro-atlantic Area. Eastern Europe And The Early Prospects For Ec/eu And Nato Membership / Vojtech Mastny -- Helmut Kohl And The Maastricht Process / Hans Stark -- The Eu, Nato And The Origins Of Cfsp And Esdp: Old Thinking, False Starts And New Imperatives / Jolyon Howorth. Edited By Frédéric Bozo... [et Al.]. This Volume Is The Result Of An International Conference Held At The Sorbonne In June 2006 And Organized By The Universities Of Paris I-panthéon Sorbonne And Paris Iii-sorbonne Nouvelle In Cooperation With The London School Of Economics Cold War Studies Centre And The Florence-based Machiavelli Center For Cold War Studies (cima), With Support From The French Ministry Of Higher Education And Research, Nato, And The Cold War International History Project (cwhip)--introd. Series Numbered Retrospectively. Volume Numbering Irregular On Earlier Volumes: Vol. 19-<20> Repeated; Series Numbering Taken From Vol. 24. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [271]-281) And Index.