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A Cardboard Castle? - An Inside History of the Warsaw Pact, 1955-1991 (Paperback, illustrated edition)
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A Cardboard Castle? - An Inside History of the Warsaw Pact, 1955-1991 (Paperback, illustrated edition)
Series: National Security Archive Cold War Reader
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This is the first book to document, analyze, and interpret the
history of the Warsaw Pact based on the archives of the alliance
itself. As suggested by the title, the Soviet bloc military machine
that held the West in awe for most of the Cold War does not appear
from the inside as formidable as outsiders often believed, nor were
its strengths and weaknesses the same at different times in its
surprisingly long history, extending for almost half a century. The
introductory study by Mastny assesses the controversial origins of
the "superfluous" alliance, its subsequent search for a purpose,
its crisis and consolidation despite congenital weaknesses, as well
as its unexpected demise. Most of the 193 documents included in the
book were top secret and have only recently been obtained from
Eastern European archives by the PHP project. The majority of the
documents were translated specifically for this volume and have
never appeared in English before. The introductory remarks to
individual documents by co-editor Byrne explain the particular
significance of each item. A chronology of the main events in the
history of the Warsaw Pact, a list of its leading officials, a
selective multilingual bibliography, and an analytical index add to
the importance of a publication that sets the new standard as a
reference work on the subject and facilitate its use by both
students and general readers.
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