1st Edition

The Warsaw Pact, 1985-1991- Disintegration and Dissolution

By Matej Bily Copyright 2023
488 Pages
by Routledge

488 Pages
by Routledge

488 Pages
by Routledge

This book analyzes the last phase of the Warsaw Pact based on unusually large-scale archival research conducted in many countries. Focusing on the changes in the organization’s functioning after Mikhail Gorbachev came to power in the Soviet Union, the author examines the role played by the Warsaw Pact in the final stages of the Cold War, as well as exploring the deepening conflicts between... Read more

0.Introduction: The Warsaw Treaty Organization from 1955 until 1985.  Part I: Changes of the Warsaw Pact in the Gorbachev Era.  1.New Vision for the Warsaw Pact and Changes in Its Mechanisms.  2.The Romanian Issue After 1985.  3.Military Framework of the Warsaw Pact Between 1985 and 1989.  4.Attempts at an Institutional Reform.  Part II: The Warsaw Pact in International Relations.  5.Discussion on Economic Cooperation Under the Aegis of the Alliance.  6.Role of the Warsaw Pact on International Scene.  7.Reconsidering of Armament Policy.  8.Changes of Military Doctrine in the Second Half of the 1980s.  9.The Warsaw Pact and Disarmament Talks.  Part III: Disintegration of the Alliance.  10.Gorbachev’s Reforms and Disruption of Cohesion.  11.Discussion on the Human Rights.  12.The End of the Warsaw Pact.  13.Conclusion

Biography

Matěj Bílý is a Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, Prague, Czech Republic.