A Cardboard Castle? An Inside History of the Warsaw Pact, 1955-1991

This is the first book to document, analyze, and interpret the history of the Warsaw Pact based on the archives of the alliance itself. As suggested by the title, the Soviet bloc military machine that held the West in awe for most of the Cold War does not appear from the inside as formidable as outs...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Byrne, Malcolm
Other Authors: Mastny, Vojtech
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, Baltimore, Md. Central European University Press 2005
Series:National Security Archive Cold War readers
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Collection: Central European UP History & Political Science Backlist - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • The formative years
  • The crisis
  • The alliance at its peak
  • The incipient decline
  • Disintegration