1st Edition

Strategy, Doctrine, And The Politics Of Alliance Theatre Nuclear Force Modernisation In Nato

By Paul Buteux Copyright 1983
172 Pages
by Routledge

158 Pages
by Routledge

158 Pages
by Routledge

This book examines the processes of nuclear policymaking in NATO and the interaction of alliance strategy with the docrines underlying it. Dr. Buteux focuses on the issue of theatre nuclear force modernisation to illustrate his thesis that NATO's strategic posture results from a political process in which other than purely strategic objectives are sought; agreements on alliance strategy may in... Read more
Preface -- Introduction -- The Political Economy of External Transformation -- Transition, the World Economy, and Economic Unions -- Post-CMEA Trade and Payments Arrangements in the East -- The New East in Multilateral Economic Organizations -- Official Western Assistance for the Transition of the East -- Assistance to the Transition Economies and North-South Cooperation -- The West’s Experience and the East -- Specialization for Eastern Europe and Access to EC Markets

Biography

Dr. Paul Buteux is associate professor in the Department of Political Studies at the University of Manitoba. He is author of The Politics of Nuclear Consultation in NATO, 1965-1980.