Word: sovietism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...entirely correct in quoting Shevardnadze. He said that the fact of deploying armed forces in Afghanistan was in violation of Soviet laws, and it really was a violation of international law. I have my opinion about whether this was immoral or not -- this is a separate topic. Why did it happen? It was certainly the wrong decision. The Soviet Union was never planning to solve the Afghanistan problem with the help of its armed forces. It was fantasy to think that a military solution could be achieved by deploying a contingent of 100,000 in a mountainous country with...
...Will the Soviet Union build a monument to those who died in Afghanistan, like the monument for the Viet Nam War dead in Washington...
...What is the impact of events in Eastern Europe -- the changes in Poland, Hungary and East Germany -- on Soviet military thinking...
...proceed from the position that the foreign policy of the Soviet Union is based on demilitarization. The use of force is ruled out, except when someone confronts the Soviet Union from a position of strength. Some Soviets may approve of the changes in Hungary and Poland, others not. That's their opinion. Our policy is such that we are not interfering in these internal processes...
...this way. If the U.S., as you say, pursues a policy of strength and, at the same time, key Warsaw Pact members are changing their view of the world, including their relationship to the Soviet Union, that must have some impact on military thinking...