The Fate of the Soviet Bloc's Military Alliance : Reform, Adaptation, and Collapse of the Warsaw Pact, 1985–1991
by
Mark Kramer
Book Details
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Elements in Soviet and Post-Soviet History
ISBN-10
1009557157
ISBN-13
9781009557153
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 13th, 2025
Print length
74 Pages
Weight
128 grams
Dimensions
15.10 x 22.80 x 0.60 cms
Product Classification:
European history
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The Warsaw Pact, a military alliance established by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985, was a significant tool for Soviet hegemony in Eastern Europe. Renewed for 30 years, it was disbanded six years later due to political transformation in Eastern Europe. This Element explains its final years and its demise in 1991.
When Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Soviet Union in 1985, the Warsaw Pact was a robust military alliance. It was capable of waging a large-scale war in Europe and was an instrument of Soviet hegemony in Eastern Europe, keeping orthodox Communist regimes in power. The alliance over the years had also become an effective mechanism of political coordination and consultation. In April 1985, the Warsaw Pact leaders met in Warsaw and renewed the Pact for another thirty years. Yet only six years later, the alliance was disbanded, having been rendered obsolete by the political transformation of Eastern Europe in 19891990. This monograph recounts what happened to the Warsaw Pact during its final years and explains why the organization ceased to exist in 1991.
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