Drawing on East German, Soviet, and Western sources as well as years of study, travel, and military service in Germany and Eastern Europe, Major Macgregor examines East Germany's critical political-military role in the Soviet strategy to maintain control of Eastern Europe. He offers an analysis of the trends that have shaped Soviet-East German military collaboration; traces its origins in much earlier forms of Russo-German military alliance, and observes a revival of past strategic and military convergence as Moscow attempts to preserve control of an increasingly unstable Eastern Europe. The Soviet-East German military alliance has thus emerged as the backbone of the Warsaw Pact, and in the context of political uncertainty elsewhere in the Eastern bloc an enlarged military and political role in Soviet security policy for the East German state seems inevitable.
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The German Democratic Republic's emergence as the key political player within the Warsaw Pact has intensified debates concerning the critical East German military role in Soviet strategy for the future of Eastern Europe. Douglas Macgregor traces the origins of current collaboration to earlier forms of Russo-German military alliance.
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Traditionally, Germany has played a major role not only in Russian foreign policy, but in the development of the Russian and Soviet military states. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
coalitional warfare, combined armed forces, border forces, military collaboration, military modernization, military cooperation, pact states, force posture Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
East German, Soviet Union, Warsaw Pact, Eastern Europe, East European, West German, Central Europe, Red Army, East Berlin, First Secretary, Soviet High Command, Federal Republic, National People's Army, Marshal Ogarkov, Western Europe, Central-East Europe, Erich Honecker, German Democratic Republic, Neues Deutschland, People's Police, Colonel Kuklinski, Polish Army, Soviet Russia, German General Staff, Group of Soviet Forces New!
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Traditionally, Germany has played a major role not only in Russian foreign policy, but in the development of the Russian and Soviet military states. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
coalitional warfare, combined armed forces, border forces, military collaboration, military modernization, military cooperation, pact states, force posture Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
East German, Soviet Union, Warsaw Pact, Eastern Europe, East European, West German, Central Europe, Red Army, East Berlin, First Secretary, Soviet High Command, Federal Republic, National People's Army, Marshal Ogarkov, Western Europe, Central-East Europe, Erich Honecker, German Democratic Republic, Neues Deutschland, People's Police, Colonel Kuklinski, Polish Army, Soviet Russia, German General Staff, Group of Soviet Forces New!
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- Security Implications of Nationalism in Eastern Europe (U.S. Army War College Intl Security Affairs and Military Strategy Series) by Jeffrey Simon on 5 pages
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- The German Democratic Republic (Integration and Community Building in Eastern Europe) by Professor Arthur M. Hanhardt in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Sword and Swastika (World War II Classics) by Telford Taylor in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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