Shadows of War: Arms Control and the Military Confrontation in Central Europe During the Cold War
- ISBN-10
- 1664113738
- ISBN-13
- 9781664113732
- Series
- Shadows of War
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 164
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-11-30
- Publisher
- Xlibris Corporation
- Author
- Christoph Bluth
Description
The military dimension of the Cold War was characterised by the strategic nuclear stand-off between the United States and the Soviet Union as well as the large-scale regional military confrontation in Central Europe. As part of the process of East-West détente there was an effort to address the risks of war in Europe by means of an arms control process referred to as MBFR (Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions). The true purposes and intentions of both sides (NATO and the Warsaw Pact) in these negotiations have so far not been fully understood. This book is based on path-breaking archival research that clarifies the objectives and tactics of the parties to the negotiations and the reasons for why the negotiations ended without an agreement. It makes a major new contribution to the understanding of Cold War History.
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- 2017
- 255 pages
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