Meeting Gorbachev's Challenge: How to Build Down the NATO-Warsaw Pact Confrontation
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989. First? Edition. First? Printing. 445, maps, notes and references, index, small binding flaw inside front board, several pencil checks and marginal marks to text. This book outlines specific proposals to reduce the massive military confrontation between East and West in Europe which consumes some $500 billion yearly. As the author makes clear, the political underpinnings of the confrontation have eroded, leaving the military stand-off increasingly obsolete. How European leaders and their American allies can increase theirsecurity while easing the burden of the most costly military confrontation in human history. Condition: good, good.
Keywords: Cold War, NATO, Warsaw Pact, Gorbachev, Treaty Verification, Missiles, Nuclear Weapons, Deterrence, Military Alliances
ISBN: 0312032668
[Book #46022]
Price: $45.00