NATO's Conventional Defences - Options for the Central Region

A review of the full range of recent official and non-official schemes for improving NATO's conventional posture, from exploitation of emerging technologies to non-provocative defences, in the light of prevailing military, political, economic and demographic trends.

List of contents

The search for a stable deterrent; the elusive consensus; opportunities for co-operation; France, Spain and conventional defence; the impact of new technologies - evolutionary or revolutionary?; changes in concepts and tactics; a strategic concept for conventional defence; twin challenges; NATO's defence options.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen J Flanagan, Stephen J. Flanagan
• Publisher: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.1988
• EAN: 9780333463680
• ISBN: 978-0-333-46368-0
• No. of pages: 161
• Weight: 227 g
• Illustrations: X, 161 p.
• Series: Studies in International Security; Studies in International Secur
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education