ABSTRACT
This book, first published in 1989, explores the ideas, proposals and counterproposals surrounding the thorny issue of Cold War conventional force disarmament in Europe. European nations acknowledged the need to reduce military tensions, but divergences remained as to the concrete ways and means for the attainment of the security objectives on the basis of mutually acceptable reductions of their respective forces. A UNIDIR-organized conference examined these issues, and presented here are the conference reports and findings, together with speaker responses.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|22 pages
Conventional Forces in Europe: Present State and Strategic Doctrines
part II|20 pages
Problems of Comparison between Different Conventional Armament Systems
part III|19 pages
Objectives and Methods of Reduction, Limitation, and Stabilization
part IV|39 pages
Confidence-Building Measures and Verification
part V|36 pages
Conventional Disarmament in Europe and Its Impact on the Rest of the World