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The Foundations of Defensive Defence

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. Anders Boserup

    1. European Centre for International Security, Copenhagen, Denmark

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  2. Robert Neild

    1. University of Cambridge and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, UK

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Anders Boserup, Robert Neild
      Pages 1-4

  3. Principles

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. Deterrence and Defence

      • Anders Boserup
      Pages 7-11

    3. Defence Dilemmas

      • Alexei Arbatov
      Pages 12-18

    4. Conventional Arms Control: The Agenda and its Dangers

      • Albrecht von Müller
      Pages 19-30

    5. The Confrontation of Conventional Forces in the Context of Ensuring Strategic Stability

      • Andrey Kokoshin, Valentin Larionov
      Pages 31-43

  5. Defences on Land

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
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    2. An East—West Negotiating Proposal

      • Albrecht von Müller, Andrzej Karkoszka
      Pages 135-139

    3. A Possible Stable Configuration of Warsaw Pact—NATO General Purpose Forces After Radical Reductions From the Atlantic to the Urals

      • Alexander Konovalov
      Pages 140-147

  6. Air Forces

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149
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    2. Airpower and Conventional Stability

      • Carlo Jean
      Pages 151-158

    3. A Zonal Approach to the Neutralisation of Airpower in Europe

      • Anders Boserup, Jens Joern Graabaek
      Pages 159-165

    4. Possible Ways to Stabilise the Balance in Tactical Aviation on the European Continent

      • Alexander Konovalov
      Pages 166-170
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In this collection of papers, the theory of defensive strategy and the ways of implementing it are explored by scholars and military professionals from East and West. These papers are a result of workshops organised by the Pugwash conferences on science and world affairs.

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  • European Centre for International Security, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Anders Boserup

  • University of Cambridge and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, UK

    Robert Neild

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