Bedeutendes Buch

Nikita Chruschtschow und John F. Kennedy

Sollte laut Choice in keiner Forschungsbibliothek fehlen.

Grazer Publikation erhält in USA ausgezeichnete Rezension

Einen besonderen Erfolg landete das Ludwig Boltzmann-Institut für Kriegsfolgen-Forschung Graz-Wien Anfang des Jahres: Das 2011 erschienene Buch „Der Wiener Gipfel 1961. Kennedy-Chruschtschow”, herausgegeben von Günther Bischof, Stefan Karner und Barbara Stelzl-Marx, wurde unter dem Titel „The Vienna Summit and Its Importance in International History“ in der renommierten Reihe „Harvard Cold War Studies“ veröffentlicht. Zuvor war die Publikation an der Harvard University einem wissenschaftlichen Peer-Review-Verfahren unterzogen und von internationalen ExpertInnen als „bedeutender Beitrag“ für die zeitgeschichtliche Forschung gewürdigt worden.

Nun können sich die HerausgeberInnen über eine weitere Auszeichnung freuen: Das Buch erhielt eine hervorragende Rezension des US-amerikanischen Fachmagazins für akademische Bibliotheken „Choice“:

„Based on Russian and US archives and the multinational research efforts of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for the Study of the Consequences of War in Graz, Austria, in conjunction with the Contemporary History Archives (RGANI) in Moscow and the Institute of Contemporary History in Munich-Berlin, this book represents a definitive study of the bilateral Vienna Summit meeting of Nikita Khrushchev and John F. Kennedy. The authors of the various articles are top scholars and, in the case of Ted Sorensen and Viktor Sukhodrev, participants in the summit. This valuable contribution to the history of the Vienna Summit's place in international history and in the history of the Cold War offers fresh assessments of Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Kremlin's decision-making process. It shows, too, that the US had accepted the Soviet sphere of influence in Eastern Europe. The book is rich in documents and should be in every research library. Includes a useful introduction, index, and bibliography. Summing Up: Essential. All academic levels/libraries.“ D. J. Dunn, Texas State University, San Marcos

Günther Bischof – Stefan Karner – Barbara Stelzl-Marx (Hg.)
The Vienna Summit and Its Importance in International History
Lanham u. a. 2014
ISBN 978-0-7391-8556-8
534 Seiten
Erschienen in der Reihe „Harvard Cold War Studies“ der Harvard University

Gudrun Pichler

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