The North Atlantic Alliance and the Soviet Union in the 1980s

Front Matter....Pages i-vi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The trial of strength....Pages 3-12
Some illusions to be dissipated....Pages 13-24
The strategic situation transformed....Pages 25-34
The myth of the Tropic of Cancer....Pages 35-40
Front Matter....Pages 41-41
Strategy of the Communist Party....Pages 43-54
Some internal characteristics and problems....Pages 55-67
The military organisation of the Soviet Union....Pages 68-78
Soviet armaments: present strength....Pages 79-89
Prospects of the projection of Soviet power....Pages 90-100
Propaganda as an instrument of policy....Pages 101-112
Front Matter....Pages 113-113
The problem of unity amid diversity....Pages 115-126
Nuclear arms and policies....Pages 127-136
The Northern theatre of operations....Pages 137-145
The Central Front....Pages 146-159
The Southern theatre of operations....Pages 160-171
Naval tasks within and beyond the Treaty Area....Pages 172-183
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Some aspects of the defence of the United Kingdom....Pages 187-197
Back Matter....Pages 198-210