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A cardboard castle? : an inside history of the Warsaw Pact, 1955-1991 /

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 outs...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Mastny, Vojtech, 1936-, Byrne, Malcolm
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2005.
Colección:National Security Archive Cold War readers.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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