A Cardboard Castle?: An Inside History of the Warsaw Pact, 1955-1991

Vojtech Mastny, Malcolm Byrne

Central European University Press, Jan 1, 2005 - Political Science - 726 pages

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.

Contents

• VI: 73
• VII: 79
• VIII: 80
• IX: 83
• X: 87
• XI: 89
• XII: 91
• XIII: 93
• XIV: 96
• XV: 98
• XVI: 101
• XVII: 104
• XVIII: 112
• XIX: 114
• XX: 116
• XXI: 118
• XXII: 125
• XXIII: 127
• XXIV: 133
• XXV: 136
• XXVI: 145
• XXVII: 148
• XXVIII: 150
• XXIX: 153
• XXX: 156
• XXXI: 166
• XXXII: 173
• XXXIII: 173
• XXXIV: 175
• XXXV: 185
• XXXVI: 188
• XXXVII: 191
• XXXVIII: 196
• XXXIX: 204
• XL: 206
• XLI: 208
• XLII: 211
• XLIII: 213
• XLIV: 216
• XLV: 221
• XLVI: 233
• XLVII: 238
• XLVIII: 241
• XLIX: 245
• LI: 248
• LIII: 254
• LIV: 257
• LV: 260
• LVI: 266
• LVII: 275
• LVIII: 279
• LIX: 282
• LX: 290
• LXI: 298
• LXII: 301
• LXIII: 304
• LXIV: 307
• LXVII: 308
• LXVIII: 310
• LXIX: 313
• LXX: 317
• LXXI: 319
• LXXII: 326
• LXXIII: 328
• LXXIV: 335
• LXXV: 338
• LXXVI: 343
• LXXVII: 346
• LXXVIII: 350
• LXXIX: 352
• LXXXII: 354
• LXXXIII: 361
• LXXXIV: 376
• LXXXV: 378
• LXXXVI: 386
• LXXXVII: 389
• LXXXVIII: 391
• LXXXIX: 393
• XC: 398
• XCI: 400
• XCII: 402
• XCIII: 409
• XCIV: 411
• XCV: 414
• XCVI: 418
• XCVII: 421
• XCIX: 423
• C: 431
• CI: 434
• CIII: 437
• CIV: 439
• CV: 442
• CVI: 445
• CVII: 447
• CVIII: 452
• CIX: 458
• CX: 462
• CXIII: 465
• CXIV: 468
• CXV: 476
• CXVI: 479
• CXVII: 481
• CXVIII: 486
• CXIX: 488
• CXX: 492
• CXXI: 496
• CXXII: 503
• CXXIII: 507
• CXXIV: 510
• CXXV: 512
• CXXVI: 514
• CXXVII: 518
• CXXVIII: 522
• CXXIX: 524
• CXXX: 527
• CXXXI: 535
• CXXXII: 537
• CXXXIII: 542
• CXXXIV: 545
• CXXXV: 547
• CXXXVI: 550
• CXXXVII: 553
• CXXXVIII: 555
• CXXXIX: 568
• CXL: 570
• CXLI: 573
• CXLIII: 575
• CXLIV: 578
• CXLV: 585
• CXLVI: 588
• CXLVII: 590
• CXLVIII: 594
• CXLIX: 596
• CL: 601
• CLI: 603
• CLII: 611
• CLIII: 614
• CLIV: 617
• CLV: 619
• CLVII: 625
• CLIX: 628
• CLX: 630
• CLXI: 632
• CLXII: 638
• CLXIII: 640
• CLXIV: 651
• CLXV: 660
• CLXVI: 661
• CLXVIII: 662
• CLXIX: 664
• CLXXI: 666
• CLXXII: 670
• CLXXIII: 674
• CLXXIV: 678
• CLXXV: 681
• CLXXVI: 689
• CLXXVII: 703

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Bibliographic information

• Title: A Cardboard Castle?: An Inside History of the Warsaw Pact, 1955-1991; National Security Archive Cold War readers
• Editors: Vojtech Mastny, Malcolm Byrne
• Edition: revised
• Publisher: Central European University Press, 2005
• ISBN: 9637326081, 9789637326080
• Length: 726 pages
• Subjects: Political Science / History & Theory; Political Science / International Relations / General