Abstract
For 40 years, the common efforts of the major Western powers were dominated by the confrontation with the Soviet Union. Between 1989 and 1991, however, the main foundation stones of this confrontation were removed. The collapse of communist regimes in Eastern Europe in 1989 was rapidly followed by the unification of Germany as a NATO member. In 1991, the Soviet Union itself splintered into 15 separate republics. The ideological confrontation between opposing social systems had ended.1
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Chalmers, M. (2000). Defence after the Cold War. In: Sharing Security. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-333-97740-8_3
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