A cardboard castle?; an inside history of the Warsaw Pact, 1955-1991.UA646 2005-002291 963-7326-08-1 A cardboard castle?; an inside history of the Warsaw Pact Warsaw Pact or Warsaw Treaty Organization Military alliance of the Soviet Union, Albania (until 1968), Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania, formed in 1955 in response to West Germany's entry into NATO. , 1955-1991. Title main entry. Ed. by Vojtech Mastny and Malcolm Byrne. (National Security Archive The National Security Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit research and archival institution located within The George Washington University in Washington, D.C.. Founded in 1985 by Scott Armstrong and Thomas Blanton, it archives and publishes declassified U.S. Cold War readers) Central European U. Press, [c]2005 726 p. $75.00 This collection of 155 previously secret documents from the archives of every member state of the communist military grouping provides a record of the Soviet-led Cold War Alliance. Top-level communications between the alliance's leaders, verbatim ver·ba·tim adj. Using exactly the same words; corresponding word for word: a verbatim report of the conversation. adv. transcripts of multilateral mul·ti·lat·er·al adj. 1. Having many sides. 2. Involving more than two nations or parties: multilateral trade agreements. summit meetings, and lively discussions inside the various party politburos reveal features of the evolution of the Warsaw Pact from a stage prop to a full-fledged military alliance, the surprisingly dynamic relations between Moscow and the other capitals particularly during crises, and the upheavals of the late 1980s that brought down the whole house of cards house of cards n. pl. houses of cards A flimsy structure, arrangement, or situation that is in danger of collapsing or failing: "The collapse of the rupiah . . . . They are all in English. Distributed in the US by Books International. |
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