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Europe-Asian Arc of Crisis: KAL 007, Euro-missiles and the War Scare of 1983

  • Asia Review
  • Abbr : SNUACAR
  • 2016, 5(2), pp.293~306
  • Publisher : 아시아연구소
  • Research Area : Social Science > Social Science in general

Bernd Greiner 1

1Hamburg Institute for Social Research

Candidate

ABSTRACT

In late 2014, Germany celebrated the 25th anniversary of the peacefulrevolution in its eastern region. In real-time and ever more so in retrospect,the events of early November, 1989 look like a miracle, because theyushered in a revolutionary change by non-violent means. Against thebackdrop of the Cold War with its bristling armories, hardly anyone wouldhave predicted such an outcome. And this observation takes you right intothe heart of a topic related both to the German and South Korean historiesand brings back to mind an altogether different time-frame: The year 1983. This very year not only highlights the fragility of peace in a nuclear age,but most of all, the potential for inadvertent escalation – namely the riskof events escalating out of control irrespective of the deeds and intentionsof the player involved. Even though researchers have unearthed muchmaterial, the case is far from closed, not the least from the perspective oftwo Cold War hotspots like South Korea and West Germany.

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