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Military Occupation and Diplomacy: Soviet Troops in Romania, 1944-1958

Door Sergiu Verona

Categorie	Algemeen Militaria
Boeknummer	#377385-VB50
Titel	Military Occupation and Diplomacy: Soviet Troops in Romania, 1944-1958
Auteur	Verona, Sergiu
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Durham : Duke University Press
Jaar van uitgave	1992
ISBN10	0822311712
ISBN13	9780822311713
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original silver lettered yellow boards, 8vo.
Samenvatting	In 1958, after fourteen years of military occupation, Khrushchev--in an unprecedented act--withdrew the Soviet Union's troops from Romania as part of a political move intended to encourage the withdrawal of Western military forces from Europe. In analyzing this crucial historic episode, Sergiu Verona's comprehensive study illustrates the dynamics of Soviet military presence in Romania and provides a framework for understanding Soviet security policy, then and now, as well as the interaction between Soviet military objectives and diplomacy. Drawing on declassified archival material in the United States and the United Kingdom, the author considers Khrushchev's reversal of Stalinist expansionism by examining the motivation, function, and operation of the initial occupation of Romania; the com... (Lees verder)plex involvement of Soviet diplomacy and its perception by the United States and other Western powers; the process by which Khrushchev decided to withdraw Soviet troops from that country; and the impact of this decision on Soviet policy. Verona extends his analysis, providing comparisons between Khrushchev's and Gorbachev's approaches to Eastern Europe, noting that similarities exist not only in domestic policies but in the realm of foreign policy as well.
Pagina's	211
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 12,50

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