The Soviet Union and the Politics of Nuclear Weapons in Europe, 1969-87: The Problem of the SS-20 (Studies in Russian & East European history & society) Book

This series consists of works by the members or associates of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Russian and East European Studies of the University of Birmingham. Special interests of the centre include Soviet economic and social history, contemporary Soviet economics and planning, science and technology, sociologgy and education Jonathan Haslam's book is a comprehensive treatment of the reasons for the Soviet deployment of the SS-20 missile in the 1970s and the reasons why they agreed to eliminate it in the 1987 INF Treaty with the US. In the process, Haslam examines the evolution of Soviet foreign and defence policy towards Western Europe in the 1970s and 1980s. He also examines the extent to which Soviet policy has adjusted to the security needs of Western Europe and what these changes may augur for Soviet foreign and defence policy as a whole. The author has also written "Soviet Foreign Policy 1930-33: The Impact of the Depression" (1983) and "The Soviet Union and the Struggle for Collective Security in Europe 1933-39" (1984).Read More