Abstract
The Dolitical and military nature of military doctrines has been a subject of debate for a long time in scientific literature and journalism. It has been often discussed in official and semi-official NATO circles, and recent events indicate that the problem of military doctrines made its way also onto the agenda of the Warsaw Treaty Organization. The Appeal of WTO published on 12 June 1986 stated that:
From the point of view of the actual intentions of military-political groupings or of individual states, the issue of military doctrines is no less important.
Mutual suspicion and distrust, which accumulated over the years, have to be eliminated, and each other’s anxieties should be thoroughly analysed. For the security of Europe and the entire world, the military concepts and doctrines of the military alliances have to be of defensive character.
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Valki, L. (1988). Certainties and Uncertainties about Military Doctrines. In: Rotblat, J., Valki, L. (eds) Coexistence, Cooperation and Common Security. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19369-1_7
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