SOVIET INITIATIVES 1952 ON GERMAN QUESTION IN BRITISH AND AMERICAN HISTORIOGRAPHY

Abstract

Anglo-American historiography to the analysis of Soviet initiatives of 1952 on the German question. Having studied a wide range of British and American historians’ works, the author came to the conclusion that there are two main approaches to the study of this problem: conservative and rationalist. In this regard, Soviet initiatives are examined as a “tactical trick” on the part of the USSR or as a “lost opportunity” of strategical German settlement.