Campaigns Against Western Defence

Sikkerhedspolitik, international politik, forsvarspolitik, militærpolitik, fredsbevægelser, m.v. Bogen udkom i 1985 og beskriver den Vestlige verdens sikkerhed og forsvar og forsøger at analysere de kræfter, der arbejder på at nedbryde den folkelige og politiske støtte, som dette forsvar er baseret på, og vender sig især mod Sovjetunionens behændige udnyttelse af krigsfrygten i Vesten og landets brug - og misbrug - af de mange folkelige fredsbevægelser. Bogens hovedoverskrifter: Introduction; Western Defence; Adversaries: International front organisations and Soviet peace campaigns; The origin of the international front organisations 1919-1939; The international front organisations since the Second World War; The World Peace Council; The international Department of the Soviet Communist Party and related KGB activities; Campaigns against NATO; Critics: Peace movements in the West; Origin of the peace movement in the Unitd Kingdom 1930-62, and 1963-83; Peace movements in Western Europe; The Freeze Campaign in the United States and the Bishops letter; Conclusion; Unofficial peace activities in Eastern Europe; Future Conditional. Bilagsmateriale: The United Kingdom nuclear deterrent; Profiles of the principal international front organisations; Estimated Soviet subsidies to international front organisation, 1979; Generals for peace and disarmaments.

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