Word: bismarckian
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...clear gainer was Nikita Khrushchev, who had extracted Yugoslav recognition of East Germany in return for Tito's readmission to honorary membership in "the camp of socialism." By this maneuver Khrushchev had forestalled Konrad Adenauer's tentative scheme to try some Bismarckian diplomacy in Eastern Europe. Adenauer's first projected step was the recognition of Poland, in the hope of creating useful fragmentation among the Soviet satellites. Having broken with Tito over the issue of East German recognition, West Germany could scarcely justify entering into diplomatic relations with the Poles, who have recognized East Germany ever since...