Law and Politics of the Danube

I. The Danube: Its Role and Significance.- Geographical Setting.- Benefits and Deprivations.- Economic Interests Prior to 1945: Some Facts and Figures.- Struggles for Control Prior to World War I.- World War I and Its Aftermath.- II. Goals and Interests: American and Soviet.- Objectives of American Foreign Policy.- Objectives of Soviet Foreign Policy.- III. The Background: Nazi Germany vs. Soviet Russia.- Russia’s Acquisition of Bessarabia, A Gateway to the Danube.- Liquidation of the International and European Commissions.- IV. Encounters and Methods: American and Soviet.- The Armistice Agreements.- Allocation of Zones of Occupation in Austria.- From Potsdam to Paris.- The Peace Treaties of 1947.- Preparations for Belgrade.- V. Further Encounters and Methods: American and Soviet.- The Question of the Danube Barges Before the Economic and Social Council.- The Interpretation of “German Assets” as a Tool of Soviet Diplomacy.- The Device of “Joint Companies”.- Showdown at Belgrade.- VI. Changed Setting: Law and Politics of the New Danube Commission.- Dissension.- Rapprochement.- Cooperation.- Retrospect and Prospect.- A Selective List of Works on the Danube.- Name Index.