EUROPEAN LAND DEFENSE

In: Comparative strategy, Band 2, Heft 3, S. 239-247

Abstract

THE AUTHOR TAKES AS HIS PERMISE THAT THE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM CONFRONTING EUROPE IS THE PROSPECT OF INVASION BY THE SOVIET ARMY. HE CRITICIZES THE NATO DEFENSE STRATEGY, ONE THAT IS BUILT AROUND THE USE OF CONVENTIONAL FORCES, AND SUGGESTS THAT US PROMISES TO PROTECT WESTERN EUROPE HAS BLINDED EUROPE TO THE NEED FOR A UNITED DEFENSE OF HER OWN. FRANCE'S STRATEGY OF INDEPENDENCE IS DISCUSSED.