Download or read book Economic Warfare Or Detente written by Reinhard Rode and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-04 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes East-West economic and political relations in the context of the policies of the major Eastern and Western countries. The authors, a group of international scholars, examine the potential use of East-West trade as an instrument to influence Eastern policies, and they assess the effects of U.S. unilateral imposition of embargoes and sanctions against the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries. They conclude that although East-West economic relations suffer during times of increased international tension, trade between them is an important stabilizing element.