THE WARSAW PACT AT 25
In: Problems of communism, Band 29, Heft 5, S. 1-15
ISSN: 0032-941X
THE WARSAW PACT HAS DEVELOPED INTO A VITAL IF COMPLEX INSTRUMENT FOR MANAGEMENT OF SOVIET-EAST EUROPEAN POLITICALMILITARY RELATIONS. WHILE MOSCOW HAS TRIED - WITH CONSIDERABLE SUCCESS - TO USE THE PACT FOR ITS OWN ENDS, THE EAST EUROPEANS HAVE ATTEMPTED - AT TIMES SUCCESSFULLY - TO USE IT TO WEAKEN THE SOVIET HOLD OVER THEM.