The two Germanys and military security in Europe

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The work The two Germanys and military security in Europe represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Liverpool. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The two Germanys and military security in Europe

Statement of responsibility

Christoph Bluth

Creator

• Bluth, Christoph

Subject

• Germany (East) -- Foreign relations
• Germany (West) -- Foreign relations
• National security -- Europe -- History -- 20th century
• National security -- Germany (East)
• National security -- Germany (West)
• Cold War

Language

eng

Summary

• 'By using German documents to reveal the Warsaw Pact position in the MBFR [Mutual and balanced Force Reductions] talks, Bluth has written a genuinely path-breaking study.' - John Young, Chair of International History, Nottingham University
• This original study based on documents, hitherto not discussed in literature of the Cold War, adds a significant new perspective to an important episode in Cold War History. Its subject is the policy of the two Germanies towards the talks on Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions (MBFR) in Europe during the 1970s. Negotiations on MBFR continued for a long time without progress. There has been much speculatuion about the motivations of the Eastern side. This book makes use of newly declassified files and, for the first time, reveals the true purposes and intentions of the Warsaw Pact in those negotiations. It shows that, while the East wanted to preserve the military balance at all costs, it was also serious about achieving an agreement. Many puzzling features of the Eastern perspective are explained and clarified

Member of

• Online access with purchase: Palgrave Connect (History Collection)

Cataloging source

UK-WkNB

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Series statement

Cold War history