James W. Peterson, Jacek Lubecki

Defense Policies of East-Central European Countries After 1989

Creating Stability in a Time of Uncertainty

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book clarifies the ways in which the defense policies of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia have responded to the new atmosphere on the edge of Europe, in light of Russian aggressiveness during and after the 2013-2014 Ukrainian-Crimean crisis. -- .

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9781526110428
• ISBN-10: 1526110423
• Artikelnr.: 50012711

Autorenporträt

James W. Peterson is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Valdosta State University Jacek Lubecki is Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Georgia Southern University

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction and overview 1 Theoretical framework: liberalism, realism and
constructivism 2 Empires and peripheries: security and defense realities of
East-Central Europe 3 Communism and late communism: from forced convergence
to divergence 4 The Czech Republic: a reluctant ally 5 Hungary: imperial
legacies and post-imperial realities 6 Poland: return to the West? 7
Slovakia: politics from the periphery 8 Recapitulation: from convergence to
divergence and back? Index