First Strike Stability: Deterrence After Containment

by Stephen J. Cimbala

The lifting of the Iron Curtain in response to pressures for democratic reform in the Eastern Bloc nations and the refusal of General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev to use the Red Army to police countries of the Warsaw Pact have led to a radically changed international environment. Preceded by over 40 years of peace and stability, unprecedented in the history of modern Europe, the Cold War ended in a climate of upheaval and uncertainty. This volume...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313274487
• ISBN13: 9780313274480
• Release Date: August 1990
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"