The Soviet Union and the Politics of Nuclear Weapons in Europe, 1969–87

The Soviet Union and the Politics of Nuclear Weapons in Europe, 1969–87

Author: Jonathan Haslam

Publisher: Springer

Published: 1989-06-30

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 1349200107

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A comprehensive study 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. In the process, Haslam examines the evolution of Soviet foreign and defence policy towards Western Europe in the 1970s and 1980s.