A Good Example of Peaceful Coexistence? The Soviet Union, Austria, and Neutrality, 1955-1991

This monograph, based on newly declassified sources from Western and Russian archives as well as on communist texts about international law and neutrality, is the first English-language account of Soviet policy towards neutral yet capitalist Austria during the Cold War. In order to make neutrality a...

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Main Author: Mueller, Wolfgang (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 2011
Series:Zentraleuropa-Studien
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