-- Introduction : the secrets of European detente / Poul Villaume and Odd Arne Westad
-- The Cold War : what it was about and why it ended / Wilfried Loth
-- Polish reactions to the West German Ostpolitik and East-West detente, 1966- 1978 / Wanda Jarzabek
-- The GDR in the era of detente : conflicting perceptions and strategies, 1965-1975 / Oliver Bange
-- Forced to cooperate : the Brandt government and the Nixon administration on the road to Helsinki / Giovanni Bernardini
-- Transformation versus status quo : the survival of the transformation strategy during the Nixon years / Stephan Kieninger
-- The main task of the European political cooperation : fostering detente in Europe / Angela Romano
-- Bridging the gap between East and West : the N+N as catalysts of the CSCE process, 1972-1983 / Thomas Fischer
-- The rise of the Helsinki network : "a sort of lifeline" for Eastern Europe / Sarah B. Snyder
-- Transatlantic relations, human rights, and power politics / Gregory F. Domber
-- French support for Eastern European dissidence, 1968-1989 : approaches and controversies / Bent Boel
-- Appendix : from Helsinki to Belgrade / Skjold G. Mellbin.
-- The Cold War : what it was about and why it ended / Wilfried Loth
-- Polish reactions to the West German Ostpolitik and East-West detente, 1966- 1978 / Wanda Jarzabek
-- The GDR in the era of detente : conflicting perceptions and strategies, 1965-1975 / Oliver Bange
-- Forced to cooperate : the Brandt government and the Nixon administration on the road to Helsinki / Giovanni Bernardini
-- Transformation versus status quo : the survival of the transformation strategy during the Nixon years / Stephan Kieninger
-- The main task of the European political cooperation : fostering detente in Europe / Angela Romano
-- Bridging the gap between East and West : the N+N as catalysts of the CSCE process, 1972-1983 / Thomas Fischer
-- The rise of the Helsinki network : "a sort of lifeline" for Eastern Europe / Sarah B. Snyder
-- Transatlantic relations, human rights, and power politics / Gregory F. Domber
-- French support for Eastern European dissidence, 1968-1989 : approaches and controversies / Bent Boel
-- Appendix : from Helsinki to Belgrade / Skjold G. Mellbin.