Beyond Parity: Europe and the Salt Process in the Carter Era, 1977-1981

by Ralph L. Dietl

NATO Europe is an underestimated factor in strategic arms control. NATO Europe was the nemesis of the SALT II process. Europe feared an early SALT ratification. The SALT process was artificially delayed in order to create a 'time window' for an INF deployment. NATO sought negotiation currency prior to the start of the planned SALT III negotiations. The NATO dual track decision killed the SALT II treaty. Superpower detente was the victim. The Second...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3515112421
• ISBN13: 9783515112420
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH
• Length: 306 Pages