Nato And Western Perceptions Of The Soviet Bloc

Author : Evanthis Hatzivassiliou
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317801641

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NATO and Western Perceptions of the Soviet Bloc by Evanthis Hatzivassiliou Pdf

This book examines the NATO reports on the Soviet bloc's political and economic system, from 1951 to the aftermath of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia and the beginning of detente. As part of the wider history of Cold War Alliances, the detailed assessments of the NATO experts regarding the non-military aspects of Soviet power are a crucial indicator of Western/allied perceptions of the adversary. Their study allows us to widen the discussion on the Western alliance, the accuracy of its information or perceptions, and the nature of the Cold War. Hatzivassiliou argues that the Cold War was not only a strategic dilemma (although it certainly was that, as well), but also the latest stage of the crisis of legitimization which had been raging since the dawn of modernity. NATO/Western analysis is examined in this context. At the same time, the book discusses the relative influence of the major NATO members – US and British influence was strong while French, West German and Italian influence was also significant – in the drafting of the reports, and thus in shaping the alliance’s perceptions during the Cold War. This book will be of much interest to students of NATO, Cold War Studies, international history, foreign policy and IR in general.

Author : Euanthēs Chatzēvasileiou
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1315813475

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NATO and Western Perceptions of the Soviet Bloc by Euanthēs Chatzēvasileiou Pdf

"This book examines the NATO reports on the Soviet bloc's political and economic system, from 1951 to the aftermath of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia and the beginning of detente. As part of the wider history of Cold War Alliances, the detailed assessments of the NATO experts regarding the non-military aspects of Soviet power are a crucial indicator of Western/allied perceptions of the adversary. Their study allows us to widen the discussion on the Western alliance, the accuracy of its information or perceptions, and the nature of the Cold War. Hatzivassiliou argues that the Cold War was not only a strategic dilemma (although it certainly was that, as well), but also the latest stage of the crisis of legitimization which had been raging since the dawn of modernity. NATO/Western analysis is examined in this context. At the same time, the book discusses the relative influence of the major NATO members-- US and British influence was strong while French, West German and Italian influence was also significant-- in the drafting of the reports, and thus in shaping the alliance's perceptions during the Cold War. This book will be of much interest to students of NATO, Cold War Studies, international history, foreign policy and IR in general. "--

Author : Vojtech Mastny
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Soviet Union
ISBN : IND:30000062166925

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NATO in the Beholder's Eye by Vojtech Mastny Pdf

Author : Mark Kramer,Aryo Makko,Peter Ruggenthaler
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 645 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781793631930

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The Soviet Union and Cold War Neutrality and Nonalignment in Europe by Mark Kramer,Aryo Makko,Peter Ruggenthaler Pdf

The Soviet Union and Cold War Neutrality and Nonalignment in Europe examines how the neutral European countries and the Soviet Union interacted after World War II. Amid the Cold War division of Europe into Western and Eastern blocs, several long-time neutral countries abandoned neutrality and joined NATO. Other countries remained neutral but were still perceived as a threat to the Soviet Union’s sphere of influence. Based on extensive archival research, this volume offers state-of-the-art essays about relations between Europe’s neutral states and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and how these relations were perceived by other powers.

Author : Robbin F. Laird,Susan L. Clark
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000280784

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The USSR and the Western Alliance by Robbin F. Laird,Susan L. Clark Pdf

This book, first published in 1990, examines the relationship between the Soviet Union and the Western Alliance at a time of great changes. Experts on a range of topics analyse the relationship from both the Soviet perspective (the impact of Gorbachev, and the role of Eastern Europe), and from the standpoint of the nations of the West including France, Great Britain and West Germany). Also included is a discussion of the role of the northern flank in Soviet nuclear-free proposals. The book concludes with an assessment of the challenges posed by the changing Soviet perspective, and the opportunities that these present for the Western Alliance.

Author : Erik Richardson
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781502627216

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NATO, the Warsaw Pact, and the Iron Curtain by Erik Richardson Pdf

The looming threat of Communist expansion led the United States and eleven Western nations to establish the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Responding to NATO, the Soviet Union and the Communist Eastern bloc formed the Warsaw Pact. European nations soon aligned with one of the opposing military forces. This book takes a closer look at how NATO, the Warsaw Pact, and the Iron Curtain played a role in the sharp political division between the West and East.

Author : Michael D. Intriligator
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429713163

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East-west Conflict by Michael D. Intriligator Pdf

This book aims to bring together American and West German scholars in order to analyze U.S., German, and Soviet elite perceptions of East-West conflict. It attempts to assess the policy implications and political options for the West.

Author : Vojtech Mastny,Sven S. Holtsmark,Andreas Wenger
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136011900

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War Plans and Alliances in the Cold War by Vojtech Mastny,Sven S. Holtsmark,Andreas Wenger Pdf

This essential new volume reviews the threat perceptions, military doctrines, and war plans of both the NATO alliance and the Warsaw Pact during the Cold War, as well as the position of the neutrals, from the post-Cold War perspective. Based on previously unknown archival evidence from both East and West, the twelve essays in the book focus on the potential European battlefield rather than the strategic competition between the superpowers. They present conclusions about the nature of the Soviet threat that could previously only be speculated about and analyze the interaction between military matters and politics in the alliance management on both sides, with implications for the present crisis of the Western alliance. This new book will be of much interest for students of the Cold War, strategic history and international relations history, as well as all military colleges.

Author : Jeffrey Simon
Publisher : New York University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1997-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015045698399

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NATO Enlargement by Jeffrey Simon Pdf

From the John Holmes Library collection.

Author : William Park
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015011371351

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Defending the West by William Park Pdf

En bog om NATO's historie og udvikling. Den beskriver også NATO's militære muligheder og doktriner samt de politiske relationer mellem alliancens førende medlemsstater.

Author : Michael E. O'Hanlon
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815732587

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Beyond NATO by Michael E. O'Hanlon Pdf

In this new Brookings Marshall Paper, Michael O'Hanlon argues that now is the time for Western nations to negotiate a new security architecture for neutral countries in eastern Europe to stabilize the region and reduce the risks of war with Russia. He believes NATO expansion has gone far enough. The core concept of this new security architecture would be one of permanent neutrality. The countries in question collectively make a broken-up arc, from Europe's far north to its south: Finland and Sweden; Ukraine, Moldova, and Belarus; Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan; and finally Cyprus plus Serbia, as well as possibly several other Balkan states. Discussion on the new framework should begin within NATO, followed by deliberation with the neutral countries themselves, and then formal negotiations with Russia. The new security architecture would require that Russia, like NATO, commit to help uphold the security of Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, and other states in the region. Russia would have to withdraw its troops from those countries in a verifiable manner; after that, corresponding sanctions on Russia would be lifted. The neutral countries would retain their rights to participate in multilateral security operations on a scale comparable to what has been the case in the past, including even those operations that might be led by NATO. They could think of and describe themselves as Western states (or anything else, for that matter). If the European Union and they so wished in the future, they could join the EU. They would have complete sovereignty and self-determination in every sense of the word. But NATO would decide not to invite them into the alliance as members. Ideally, these nations would endorse and promote this concept themselves as a more practical way to ensure their security than the current situation or any other plausible alternative.

Author : William V. Garner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UCAL:B5134067

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Soviet Threat Perceptions of NATO's Eurostrategic Missiles by William V. Garner Pdf

Author : Evanthis Hatzivassiliou
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2006-09-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134154876

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Greece and the Cold War by Evanthis Hatzivassiliou Pdf

This is the first study to present a comprehensive analysis of Greek foreign and internal policy during the Cold War, covering the key period from the country’s accession to NATO in 1952 until the imposition of the colonels’ dictatorship in 1967. Clearly divided into three parts: 1952-55, 1955-63 and 1963-67, this book deals with Greek foreign policy analysis; threat perception; the NATO connection (including Greek-US relations, the rise of anti-Americanism in 1955-58 and in 1964-67, the economic dimension of security and the issue of US military aid); Greek policy towards the Soviet bloc; and the regional dimension, mainly Greek policy towards Turkey and Yugoslavia, and (for the 1964-67 years) the Cyprus crisis which greatly complicated Greek security obligations. This book will be of great interest to students of Greek politics, Balkans history, the Cold War and strategic studies.

Author : Gregory Feifer
Publisher : Twelve
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781455509652

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Russians by Gregory Feifer Pdf

From former NPR Moscow correspondent Gregory Feifer comes an incisive portrait that draws on vivid personal stories to portray the forces that have shaped the Russian character for centuries-and continue to do so today. Russians explores the seeming paradoxes of life in Russia by unraveling the nature of its people: what is it in their history, their desires, and their conception of themselves that makes them baffling to the West? Using the insights of his decade as a journalist in Russia, Feifer corrects pervasive misconceptions by showing that much of what appears inexplicable about the country is logical when seen from the inside. He gets to the heart of why the world's leading energy producer continues to exasperate many in the international community. And he makes clear why President Vladimir Putin remains popular even as the gap widens between the super-rich and the great majority of poor. Traversing the world's largest country from the violent North Caucasus to Arctic Siberia, Feifer conducted hundreds of intimate conversations about everything from sex and vodka to Russia's complex relationship with the world. From fabulously wealthy oligarchs to the destitute elderly babushki who beg in Moscow's streets, he tells the story of a society bursting with vitality under a leadership rooted in tradition and often on the edge of collapse despite its authoritarian power. Feifer also draws on formative experiences in Russia's past and illustrative workings of its culture to shed much-needed light on the purposely hidden functioning of its society before, during, and after communism. Woven throughout is an intimate, first-person account of his family history, from his Russian mother's coming of age among Moscow's bohemian artistic elite to his American father's harrowing vodka-fueled run-ins with the KGB. What emerges is a rare portrait of a unique land of extremes whose forbidding geography, merciless climate, and crushing corruption has nevertheless produced some of the world's greatest art and some of its most remarkable scientific advances. Russians is an expertly observed, gripping profile of a people who will continue challenging the West for the foreseeable future.

Author : Rajan Menon,Eugene B. Rumer
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780262536295

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Conflict in Ukraine by Rajan Menon,Eugene B. Rumer Pdf

One of The New York Times’ “6 Books to Read for Context on Ukraine” “A short and insightful primer” to the crisis in Ukraine and its implications for both the Crimean Peninsula and Russia’s relations with the West (New York Review of Books) The current conflict in Ukraine has spawned the most serious crisis between Russia and the West since the end of the Cold War. It has undermined European security, raised questions about NATO's future, and put an end to one of the most ambitious projects of U.S. foreign policy—building a partnership with Russia. It also threatens to undermine U.S. diplomatic efforts on issues ranging from terrorism to nuclear proliferation. And in the absence of direct negotiations, each side is betting that political and economic pressure will force the other to blink first. Caught in this dangerous game of chicken, the West cannot afford to lose sight of the importance of stable relations with Russia. This book puts the conflict in historical perspective by examining the evolution of the crisis and assessing its implications both for the Crimean Peninsula and for Russia’s relations with the West more generally. Experts in the international relations of post-Soviet states, political scientists Rajan Menon and Eugene Rumer clearly show what is at stake in Ukraine, explaining the key economic, political, and security challenges and prospects for overcoming them. They also discuss historical precedents, sketch likely outcomes, and propose policies for safeguarding U.S.-Russia relations in the future. In doing so, they provide a comprehensive and accessible study of a conflict whose consequences will be felt for many years to come.