The Foundations of Defensive Defence

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-4
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Deterrence and Defence....Pages 7-11
Defence Dilemmas....Pages 12-18
Conventional Arms Control: The Agenda and its Dangers....Pages 19-30
The Confrontation of Conventional Forces in the Context of Ensuring Strategic Stability....Pages 31-43
Front Matter....Pages 45-45
Conventional Stability and Arms Control....Pages 47-54
The Implications of the Increased Accuracy of Non-nuclear Weapons....Pages 55-62
Mutual Defensive Superiority and the Problem of Mobility along an Extended Front....Pages 63-78
Military Stability and Defence Dominance at the Tactical Level....Pages 79-108
The Defence Efficiency Hypothesis and Conventional Stability in Europe: Implications for Arms Control....Pages 109-132
Front Matter....Pages 133-133
An East—West Negotiating Proposal....Pages 135-139
A Possible Stable Configuration of Warsaw Pact—NATO General Purpose Forces After Radical Reductions From the Atlantic to the Urals....Pages 140-147
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
Airpower and Conventional Stability....Pages 151-158
A Zonal Approach to the Neutralisation of Airpower in Europe....Pages 159-165
Possible Ways to Stabilise the Balance in Tactical Aviation on the European Continent....Pages 166-170
Front Matter....Pages 171-171
The Vulnerability of Surface Forces to Modern Stand-off Weapons....Pages 173-178
Maritime Defence Without Naval Threat: The Case of the Baltic....Pages 179-184
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Glasnost, Talks and Disarmament....Pages 187-194
The Vienna Force Reduction Talks: Moving Toward Deep Cuts....Pages 195-203
Conventional Forces in Europe: Deep Cuts and Security....Pages 204-214
Back Matter....Pages 215-222