East-West trade and technology transfer have always been linked to the issue of "national security". Western governments have therefore been reluctant to leave East-West trade to the interplay of "free market forces", choosing instead to subject interbloc commerce to use for their national political and strategic ends. Over time, East-West trade has been instrumental to the achievement of a wide range of policy objectives, from "trading the Soviets into civilization" to stimulating an already expected Soviet clampdown. Peter van Ham identifies many different Western doctrine on East-West trade, demonstrating that two basic belief systems underly these doctrines.
- ISBN10 033356040X
- ISBN13 9780333560402
- Publish Date 25 October 1991
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 11 May 1995
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 280
- Language English