
In Search of Stability
Europe's Unfinished Revolution
Praeger Publishers Inc
Published on 20. October 1992
Book
Hardback
392 pages
978-0-275-94489-6 (ISBN)
Description
This is the second in the series of annual editions comprising papers published by the Institute for European Defence and Strategic Studies during the previous year. It is a unique running commentary on some of the most remarkable events of the twentieth century. The period covered by these studies coincided with the collapse of communism and the wider decline of collectivist ideas, the fall of the Soviet Union, and the Gulf War. Contributors here deal extensively with these subjects and their profound consequences for the emerging world order.
The volume is of great value to general and specialist reader alike, both as a source of reference and as a distinctive and authoritative interpretation of events. The death of communism does not presage the advent of a peaceful and more harmonious international order, according to Frost in his introduction, but we must further our understanding of Europe in order to enhance world prospects for peace and stability.
The volume is of great value to general and specialist reader alike, both as a source of reference and as a distinctive and authoritative interpretation of events. The death of communism does not presage the advent of a peaceful and more harmonious international order, according to Frost in his introduction, but we must further our understanding of Europe in order to enhance world prospects for peace and stability.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
769 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-275-94489-6 (9780275944896)
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Persons
GERALD FROST is Director of the Institute for European Defence and Strategic Studies in London.
Content
Introduction by Gerald Frost From Collectivism to Democracy Communism: Why Prolong Its Death-Throes? by Brian Crozier Retreat to Moscow: Gorbachev and the East European Revolution by Mark Almond Czechoslovakia: Too Velvet a Revolution? by James De Candole The Strange Death of Perestroika: Causes and Consequences of the Soviet Coup by John Gray A Changing Security Environment A Farewell to Arms Control: The Irrelevance of CFE by Christopher Coker Pundits and Patriots: Lessons from the Gulf War by Philip Towle Countering Proliferation: New Criteria for European Security by Keith Payne Intimations of the New Order National Pacifism: Germany's New Temptation by Mark Almond The Death Knell of Social Democracy: Sweden's Dream Turns Sour by Peter Stein and Ingemar Dorfer The Irrelevance of Maastricht: Redefining the Atlantic Community by Anthony Hartley