Captive Continent: the Stockholm Syndrome in European-Soviet Relations
- List Price: $108.00
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Praeger Publishers
- Publish date: 01/01/1989
Description:
A provocative contribution to the international relations literature, this work argues that there has been a shift in Western European sympathies in recent years. According to Pilevsky, this shift has taken the form of either nationalistic neutralism or a pro-Soviet position on many significant issues. Further, Pilevsky contends, Western Europe's new distrust of its ally, the U.S., and its seeming trust of its enemy, the USSR, is analogous to hostage behavior as characterized by the Stockholm Syndrome--which posits that the effects of fear on an individual or group will often lead to an identification with that which is feared.
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