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. The subject of this book 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.

'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

Autorentext
CHRISTOPH BLUTH is Professor of International Studies at the University of Leeds. He was previously Professor and Director of the Graduate School of European and International Studies at the University of Reading. He is the author of numerous books and articles on international security, including, Germany and the Future of European Security (Palgrave, 2000); The Nuclear Challenge (Ashgate, 2000); Britain, Germany and Western Nuclear Strategy (OUP, 1995) and Soviet Strategic Arms Policy Before SALT (CUP, 1992). He is also the editor of the Palgrave Euro-Asian Studies series.

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The Two Germanies: Cold War and Détente West Germany and the Collective Defence of Western Europe Soviet Military Power in Europe Signals of Hope Talks About Talks Talks Upon Talks The Elusive Goal