CHRISTOPH BLUTH is Professor of International Studies at the University of Leeds. He was previously Professor and Director of the Graduate School of European and International Studies at the University of Reading. He is the author of numerous books and articles on international security, including, Germany and the Future of European Security (Palgrave, 2000); The Nuclear Challenge (Ashgate, 2000); Britain, Germany and Western Nuclear Strategy (OUP, 1995) and Soviet Strategic Arms Policy Before SALT (CUP, 1992). He is also the editor of the Palgrave Euro-Asian Studies series.

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'By using German documents to reveal the Warsaw Pact position in the MBFR [Mutual and balanced Force Reductions] talks, Bluth has written a genuinely path-breaking study. ' - John Young, Chair of International History, Nottingham University