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MUNICH HAD ALL THE POLITICS OF WAR WITHOUT A SHOOTING WAR, AND HENCE ITS APPEAL TO NARRATIVE AND DIPLOMATIC HISTORIANS. IN ORDER TO EXAMINE THE LONG-REGIONAL IDEOLOGICAL SETTING OF THE MUNICH PACT, THE AUTHOR ESTABLISHES TWO FUNDAMENTAL AND INTERRELATED FACTS: (1) NAZI GERMANY WAS A CAPITALIST STATE, AND (2) EUROPEAN FASCISM WAS STRIDENTLY AND VIOLENTLY ANTICOMMUNIST, ANTI-MARXIST, AND ANTI-SOVIET.

Der Autor zeigt auf, daß die Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ebenso wie die Europäische Gemeinschaft) militärisch, politisch und ökonomisch essentielle Interessen in der Türkei hat, und warnt vor den Folgen, die eine Zurückweisung des türkischen Antrags auf Vollmitgliedschaft in der EG für die westeuropäischen Staaten und die NATO haben könnte. (DÜI-Hns)

THIS ARTICLE IS A STATUS REPORT ON GAMBIA'S DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS AND ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND STRATEGIC CONDITIONS. THE AUTHOR CONCLUDES THAT THE WORLD BANK'S RECOMMENDED ECONOMIC AUSTERITY PROGRAM FOR GAMBIA IS BEGINNING TO SHOW SOME POSITIVE BENEFITS, ALBEIT MAINLY IN THE BANJUL REGION.

THE DEBATE BETWEEN THE PROPONENTS OF NEW APPROACHES AND THE SUPPORTERS OF THE CURRENT NATO FORCE POSTURE HAS TWO MAIN THEMES: THE POSSIBILITY OF A DEFENSE BASED ON A DRASTIC CUTBACK OF NATO NUCLEAR WEAPONS, AND DISCUSSION OF THE MERITS OF STATIC DEFENSE-SENSORS AND ROCKET LAUNCHERS USING PRECISION GUIDED MISSILES -- VERSUS MOBILE DEFENSEBASED ON TANKS AND OTHER ARMOURED PLATFORMS. THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES THE CONTENTIONS OF THOSE SUPPORTING THE NEW PROPOSALS THAT THEIR ADOPTION WOULD SHARPLY REDUCE THE DANGERS OF THE FORMIDABLE FORCE CONCENTRATION IN CENTRAL EUROPE AND, EVEN IF IMPLEMENTED UNILATERALLY BY NATO, WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO BUILDING DOWN THAT CONFRONTATION.