Nonoffensive Defence
Alternative Strategy for N. A. T. O.
Published on 18. June 1991
VIII, 205 pages
978-1-349-10585-4 (ISBN)
Description
Throughout the 1980s numerous calls were made for Nato to change its strategy to one in which nuclear weapons played either a much smaller role or none at all. Among proposed alternatives were several so-called "defensive" strategies. This book examines these alternatives.
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11/1991
Palgrave Macmillan
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Nato and the quest for alternatives, 1949-89; supporters and models of "non-offensive defence"; war, peace and collective security; dimensions of "defensive defence"; concluding remarks.
