ABSTRACT

This book, first published in 1984, carefully examine the political debate surrounding nuclear weapons and superpower polices in Cold War Western Europe. It seeks to analyse a distinctly European view in Soviet policy, as opposed to a superpower view. It examines Soviet domestic and foreign policy, economic and military practice, with the aim of understanding and countering the Soviet threat to Western Europe.

chapter |16 pages

Introduction

part I|68 pages

The Domestic Dimension

part II|78 pages

The External Dimension

chapter 3|23 pages

The United States Factor

chapter 4|28 pages

The German Factor

chapter 5|25 pages

The China Factor

part III|122 pages

Soviet Strategies

chapter 6|39 pages

Military Strategy

chapter 7|35 pages

Economic Strategy

chapter 8|46 pages

Arms Control Strategies