Bruno Kreisky’s Foreign Policy: A Reassessment(39 Austrian and Habsburg Studies)

Despite his significance, the role of Austrian politician Bruno Kreisky remains under-represented in Anglo-American Cold War scholarship. Serving as foreign minister from 1959 to 1966 and chancellor from 1970 to 1983, his political career oversaw seismic developments in both Austria’s postwar recovery and broader international relations with the Middle East, the Communist Bloc, and the United States. In this enlightening and geographically wide-ranging reappraisal of his life and legacy, Bruno Kreisky’s Foreign Policy: A Reassessment seeks to reinstate the global repercussions of Kreisky’s work. Ranging from his involvement in the Marshall Plan to his role in the Arab-Israeli conflict, this volume highlights how Kreisky profoundly reshaped the geopolitical landscape of the modern era.

Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Part I: Introductions Introduction Günter Bischof and Michael Burri Chapter 1. Bruno Kreisky and His Times Oliver Rathkolb Part II: Kreisky and the United States Chapter 2. The Sun King and the Intellectual: Heinrich Drimmel, Kreisky, and the United States Michael Burri Chapter 3. The International Media Coverage of Kreisky’s Visits to the United States of America Christoph Beitl Part III: Foreign Policy Chapter 4. Kreisky and Austrian Neutrality Paul Luif Chapter 5. Bruno Kreisky, the Marshall Plan, and the Cancun Summit in October 1981 Günter Bischof Chapter 6. Kreisky, His Jewish Identity, and Israel Daniel Aschheim Chapter 7. Austrian Neutrality, Détente, and Kreisky’s Involvement in the Arab-Israeli Conflict  Steven Verburg Chapter 8. Kreisky, the Soviet Union, and the Road to Helsinki Anna Graf-Steiner Part IV: Domestic Policy Chapter 9. BrunoKreisky and the Socialist Party Matthew P. Berg Chapter 10. The Kreisky Era in Environmental Terms: On the Social Ecology of the Austrian 1970s Martin Schmid Part V: Kreisky and the Austrian Bicentennial Gift to the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Chapter 11. Austria’s Bicentennial Gift to the United States in 1976: Bruno Kreisky, the Fulbright Program, and the Establishment of the Center for Austrian Studies at the University of Minnesota Lonnie R. Johnson Afterword Günter Bischof and Michael Burri Index

About the Author :
Günter Bischof is Professor Emeritus at the University of New Orleans. Formerly the Marshall Plan Chair of History and the Director of Center Austria, he is a historian of international history, focusing on American and European diplomatic history of the twentieth century, including Cold War international relations and Austrian foreign policy. He is co-editor of the yearbook Contemporary Austrian Studies (which currently totals thirty-three volumes) and is the author of Relationships/Beziehungsgeschichten: Austria and the United States in the Twentieth Century (Studienverlag 2014), and with Hans Petschar, The Marshall Plan Since 1947: Saving Europe, Rebuilding Austria (Brandstätter 2017).

Review :
“This is – without question – an excellent book project that addresses a number of interesting, relevant, and timely questions concerning Austrian politician Bruno Kreisky as well as 20th century Austrian, European, and global history.” • Dirk Rupnow, University of Innsbruck “[A] fascinating anthology that sheds light on a variety of different aspects of probably the most important Austrian politician of the second half of the 20th century, Bruno Kreisky.” • Martin Tschiggerl, Austrian Academy of Sciences