A Cardboard Castle? : : An Inside History of the Warsaw Pact, 1955-1991 / / ed. by Vojtech Mastny, Malcolm Byrne.

This is the first book to document, analyze, and interpret the history of the Warsaw Pact based on the archives of the alliance itself. As suggested by the title, the Soviet bloc military machine that held the West in awe for most of the Cold War does not appear from the inside as formidable as outs...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2013-1998
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Place / Publishing House:Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2022]
©2005
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:National Security Archive Cold War Reader
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Physical Description:1 online resource (786 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Editors’ Preface and Acknowledgements
  • Acronyms and Abbreviations
  • Chronology of Events
  • The Warsaw Pact as History
  • Introduction
  • PART ONE – THE FORMATIVE YEARS
  • PART TWO – THE CRISIS
  • PART THREE – THE ALLIANCE AT ITS PEAK
  • PART FOUR – THE INCIPIENT DECLINE
  • PART FIVE – DISINTEGRATION
  • Main Actors
  • Bibliography
  • Index