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Book SynopsisIn Euromissiles, Susan Colbourn tells the story of the height of nuclear crisis and the remarkable waning of the fear that gripped the globe.
In the Cold War conflict that pitted nuclear superpowers against one another, Europe was the principal battleground. Washington and Moscow had troops on the ground and missiles in the fields of their respective allies, the NATO nations and the states of the Warsaw Pact. Euromissilesintermediate-range nuclear weapons to be used exclusively in the regional theater of warhighlighted how the peoples of Europe were dangerously placed between hammer and anvil. That made European leaders uncomfortable and pushed fearful masses into the streets demanding peace in their time.
At the center of the story is NATO. Colbourn highlights the weakness of the alliance seen by many as the most effective bulwark against Soviet aggression. Divided among themselves and uncertain about the depth of US support, th
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Susan Colbourn has written a truly international history of what has become known as "the Euromissile crisis" to explain why NATO did not collapse under the weight of these events. Colbourn's book is an exemplary study of contemporary history. Reading Colbourn's book offers a useful analytical antidote.
* Current History *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Security and Survival
Part One: Decide
1. The Sixties Stalemate
2. Parity's Problem
3. Shades of Gray
4. Fiasco!
5. It Takes Two
Part Two: Deploy
6. End the Arms Race, Not the Human Race
7. Moons and Green Cheese
8. First Principles
9. The Year of the Missile
Part Three: Destroy
10. The Empty Chair
11. Who's Afraid of Gorbachev?
12. Blast from the Past
Conclusion: Time and Chance
Notes
Bibliography
Index
