I. Brief Historical Background Sketch of German-Soviet Relations.- Early Period to World War I.- Immediate Post-World War I Developments.- The Era of the Rapallo Treaty.- The Years of the Hitler Regime.- Occupation of Germany.- II. Methodology.- Rationale and Scope.- A Hypothesis.- The Test of the Hypothesis: Methods and Concepts.- 1 The Formulation of West German Foreign Policy.- I. The Constitutional Framework.- Temporary Limitations.- The Provisions of the Basic Law.- II. The Influences of a Pluralistic Society.- A. Political Parties.- The CDU/CSU.- The SPD.- The Issue of German Unity.- B. Economic Interest Groups.- Employers Associations.- Employee Groups.- Summary.- C. The Foreign Service Bureaucracy.- Traditions of the Foreign Service Bureaucracy.- Political Background.- D. Public News Media and Public Opinion.- III. Summary.- Chapters 2 The Interaction Pattern: Basic Motivations and Goals of West German and Soviet Foreign Policy.- I. Basic Concepts of the Foreign Policy of the Federal Republic.- The Underlying Factors.- The Framework of Policy.- II. The Basic Concepts of Soviet Foreign Policy.- The Underlying Factors.- The Major Theories of Soviet Foreign Policy.- The Framework of Policy.- III. Interaction and Values of Policy Goals.- 3 The Interaction Pattern: The Foreign Policy Issues Between the Federal Republic and the Soviet Union.- I. The Classification of Issues.- Reference Point: Reunification.- The Question of Berlin.- II. The Mechanics of Reunification.- A. Election Procedures.- The Development of the Electoral Process in the Soviet Zone.- The Consistent Position of the Federal Government.- Interlude at the United Nations.- Conferences and Notes.- Changes in the Soviet Position.- A Missed Opportunity?.- The Federal Government’s Policy: “Free Elections First”.- B. The Structure of an All-German Government.- The Legitimacy of the Government of the D.D.R..- The All-German Council.- All-German Talks.- The East German and Soviet Proposals for a German Confederation.- Merits and Disadvantages of the Confederation Plan.- C. The Four Power Obligation for Reunification.- The Legal Foundation of the Obligation.- Increased Emphasis of the Four Power Responsibility.- III. Rearmament and Neutralization.- The “Police” Forces.- The Struggle over West German Participation in EDC.- WEU, NATO, and European Collective Security.- The Eden Plans on European Security.- Linking the Issues of Security and Reunification.- Disengagement.- Alternate Solutions.- The Policy of Alignment with West and East.- The Policy of Military Non-Alignment.- The Cautious Attitude of the Federal Government..- IV. The Peace Treaty and the Oder-Neisse Line.- The Legal Basis for Peace Treaty Negotiations.- Soviet Peace Treaty Efforts, 1952–1954.- The Oder-Neisse Line: Unswerving Positions.- The Triangle: Germany, Soviet Union, Poland.- The Consequences of the West German Position.- V. Diplomatic, Economic, and Cultural Relations.- The Assumption of Diplomatic Relations.- The Implications.- Economic and Cultural Relations.- Improvement of Relations?.- 4 Conclusions.- I. Success or Failure of West German Foreign Policy.- The Real Political Value of Reunification.- The Nature of West German Foreign Policy.- An Alternate Policy: Flexibility and Imagination.- The Potentials of Success of a “Double-Track” Policy.- II. TheFuture.- A Permanently Divided Germany?.- The Balance of Power and West German Policy.- Selected Bibliography.
