New archival materials have become available that allow us to test the conventional interpretation of Warsaw Pact policy towards conventional arms reductions in Europe. They shed new light on the objectives of the Eastern side in talks on mutual and balanced arms reductions, how it approached the dispute over the assessments of the military balance and sought to preserve its advantages while constraining West German military capabilities, and demonstrate that Soviet military leaders perceived a shift in the conventional military balance in favour of the West in the 1980s.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/5867 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | Bluth, Christoph |
| Source Sets | Bradford Scholars |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Article |
| Relation | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14682745.2011.557364 |
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