Klappentext

The Warsaw Pact, a military alliance established by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985, was a significant tool for Soviet hegemony in Eastern Europe. Renewed for 30 years, it was disbanded six years later due to political transformation in Eastern Europe. This Element explains its final years and its demise in 1991.

Inhalt

Introduction; 1. Early signs of continuity and change; 2. The Warsaw pact's new military doctrine; 3. Restructuring and reductions of forces; 4. Reorientation of soviet policy; 5. The secret reinterpretation of soviet obligations under the Warsaw pact; 6. Dissolution of East European communism; 7. Disbandment of the Warsaw pact; Conclusions; Bibliography.