Transcending the Cold War

In 1989 and 1990 the map of Europe was redrawn without a war, unlike other great ruptures of the international order such as 1815, 1870, 1918, and 1945. How did this happen?This major multinational study, based on archives from both sides of the ''Iron Curtain'', highlights the contribution of international statecraft to the peaceful dissolution of Europe''s bipolar order by examining pivotal summ...