Československo a vojensko-politické aspekty uvoľňovania medzinárodného napätia v Európe v druhej polovici 80. rokov (2. časť)

Czechoslovakia and Military-Political Aspects of the Release of International Tensions in Europe in the Second Half of the 1980’s (Part 2.)

Autor: BAKA Igor

BAKA, Igor: Československo a vojensko-politické aspekty uvoľňovania medzinárodného napätia v Európe v druhej polovici 80. rokov (2. časť)

BAKA, Igor: Czechoslovakia and Military-Political Aspects of the Release of International Tensions in Europe in the Second Half of the 1980’s (Part 2.).

Vojenská história, 18, 1, 2014, pp. 44-66.

Thematically, the study is the follow-up to the homonymic Part 1. It analyses the military and safety issuesmostly of 1989, focused on: responsein the Czechoslovak People’s Army (ČSĽA) to reducingthenumber of troops;explains thesufficient defencedoctrine,paying considerable attention to the proposals for reorganizing the Warsaw Pact and authorities thereof, especially the proposal to implement a variation of command of the Warsaw Pact rotating the main command including generals of other than Russian origin. Such proposal was submitted by the representatives of Romania. The reorganization failed to be implemented due to opposition of the other member states,especially the USSR. The main part of the study is dealing with the three rounds of discussions at the Vienna meeting, the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe. On the basis of original sources, the author analyses the questions negotiated and conclusions on reducing the number of conventional weapons including how this process has affected Czechoslovakia.

Military History. Czechoslovakia. Military- Political Changes in the Second half of the 1980´s.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.69809/vojhist.2014.18.1.3

Ročník: 18 | Číslo: 1/2014 | Stránky: 44-66