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OverviewThis is an assessment of the prospects for building down the NATO/Warsaw Pact military confrontation in Europe by negotiated and unilateral measures. The situation has arisen as a result of the slow fading of the political origins of the military confrontation in Europe and the rapid rise of a new leadership in the USSR. The book argues for cutbacks that are deeper still, amounting to a reduction of 50% in the armaments and manpower of NATO forces in Europe with the Pact's forces coming down to the new NATO levels. The author describes how CFE negotiators might go about the task of making reductions in conventional and nuclear forces in Europe and how they might decide which weapons to cut back, how to dispose of the armaments they withdraw and how to establish a system of early-warning measures and verification controls that will ensure against surprise attack and preparation for mobilization. It deals with the organization of defence in Europe after an agreement or series of agreements have reduced the level of armed forces on both sides. It suggests that NATO and Warsaw Treaty alliances may eventually be connected by some common institutions in the framework of the on-going Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe for information exchange, the management of verification and compliance and the reduction of risk. But the two alliances are likely to continue to provide much of the framework for defence, stability and political change in Europe. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jonathan DeanPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Edition: 1989 ed. Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.586kg ISBN: 9780333518786ISBN 10: 0333518780 Pages: 445 Publication Date: 01 January 1990 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsBeginning the build down in Europe - negotiating the INF Treaty; military and political consequences of the INF Treaty; starting point - the current NATO-Warsaw Pact force relationship; the new thinking about armed forces in West and East - can it help in East/West negotiations; lessons from failure - Vienna one and what we can learn from it; the CDE parallel track - success of the Stockholm Conference; the two alliances ready themselves; negotiators' headaches - substantive problems of force reductions; essential first steps - data exchange, early warning and constraint measures; how to cut NATO and Warsaw Pact forces; verifying deep cuts; the way ahead - the European confrontation in a global framework.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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