Title: Opening Rounds
First published: 1988
Description: It may at present be of mutual interest to East and West to reduce their military capabilities. The persistent economic difficulties of the Soviet Union have impelled it to negotiate for disarmament on a more realistic basis. But the members of the Atlantic Alliance should heed the lessons implicit in their memorials to those lost in two world wars, and in the Korean War. As the following pages manifest, disarmament which changes the balance of forces adversely for those dedicated to defence does not reduce the risk of war but enhances it. If this is a statement of the obvious, it was not obvious in Washington, Paris or London between the two world wars.    Lest we forget.
Subjects: Causes, Military history, Modern, Modern Military history, World War, 1939-1945, World politics, Military art and science, World politics, 20th century, World war, 1939-1945, causes, Military history
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: D443 .F28 1988