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This conference was organized and hosted by Kent State University’s Lemnitzer Center for NATO and European Union Studies in conjunction with the Parallel History Project on NATO and the Warsaw Pact . While Cold War tensions between East and West were always present, the intention of this conference was to identify and evaluate conflicts within each bloc and to judge their impact on the conduct and operations of the respective alliances. |
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Friday, April 23 |
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8:30 - Noon |
REGISTRATION |
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9:00 - 9:15 |
WELCOMING REMARKS Carol Cartwright President, Kent State University |
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9:15 - 12:00 |
SESSION I: NATO |
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Chair: S. Victor Papacosma Kent State University |
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KEYNOTE ADDRESS |
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Lawrence S. Kaplan Kent State University and Georgetown University |
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NATO United, NATO Divided: The Transatlantic Relationship |
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Ann Heiss, Kent State University |
Anglo-American Relations and Britain’s Imperial Retreat: A Multi-Alliance Perspective |
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Winfried Heinemann, German Military History Research Institute |
"Learning by Doing": Disintegrating Factors and the Development of Political Cooperation in Early NATO |
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John O. Iatrides, Southern Connecticut State University |
Failed Rampart: NATO’s Balkan Front |
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12:15 - 1:15 |
Luncheon (by invitation only) Conference Suite |
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1:30 - 4:15 |
SESSION II: NATO (cont.) |
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Chair: James Sperling University of Akron |
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Anna Locher and Christian Nuenlist Center for Security Studies, Zurich |
Containing the French Malaise: The Role of NATO’s Secretary General, 1958-1967 |
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Ine Megens, University of Groningen, The Netherlands |
The Multilateral Force as a Vehicle for a European Nuclear Force? |
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Oliver Bange, Mannheim University |
Ostpolitik as a Source of Intra-bloc Tensions |
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Charles Cogan, Center for European Studies, Harvard University |
The Florentine in Winter: Mitterrand in the Ending of the Cold War |
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SPECIAL SESSION 4:30 - 5:30 |
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Jamie P. Shea Deputy Assistant Secretary General for External Relations, NATO |
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NATO Today |
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7:00 |
Reception and Dinner (by invitation only) Conference Suite |
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Saturday, April 24 |
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9:00 - Noon |
SESSION III: WARSAW PACT |
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Chair: Sean Kay Ohio Wesleyan University |
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KEYNOTE ADDRESS |
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Vojtech Mastny Parallel History Project on NATO and the Warsaw Pact, National Security Archive |
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The Warsaw Pact: An Alliance in Search for a Purpose |
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Sheldon Anderson, Miami University |
Polish-East German Relations, 1945-1962 |
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Douglas Selvage, Office of the Historian, Department of State |
The Warsaw Pact and the German Question: Conflict and Consensus, 1955-1970 |
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Jordan Baev, Defense and Staff College, Sofia, Bulgaria |
The Warsaw Pact and Southern Tier Conflicts: 1959-1969 |
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Dennis Deletant, University College, London / University of Amsterdam |
The Asymmetric Relationship: Romania and the Warsaw Pact |
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12:15 - 1:15 |
Lulncheon (by invitation only) Conference Suite |
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1:30 - 3:30 |
SESSION IV: WARSAW PACT (cont.) |
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Chair: Mark R. Rubin, Kent State University |
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Lorenz Luthi, McGill University |
China and the Warsaw Pact, 1955-1966 |
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Bernd Schaefer, German Historical Institute, Washington |
The Sino-Soviet Conflict and the Warsaw Pact, 1969-1980 |
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Csaba Bekes, Cold War History Research Center, Budapest |
The Warsaw Pact and the Consequences of the Soviet Intervention in Afghanistan in 1979 |
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3:45 - 4:45 |
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION |
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Chairs: Lawrence S. Kaplan Vojtech Mastny S. Victor Papacosma |
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DISCUSSANTS |
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Jonathan Helmreich Allegheny College |
Pierre-Henri Laurent Tufts University |
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Leon Hurwitz Cleveland State University |
LTC Steven Oluic Kent State University |
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Sean Kay Ohio Wesleyan University |
James Sperling University of Akron |
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Bryan Van Sweringen U. S. Army, Europe |
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