Etwas viel zum Lesen, aber sehr interessant. Enthält einiges an Hintergrundwissen, das gerade jetzt bei der ganzen NATO Diskussion relevant ist.
Zum Beispiel dieser Absatz:
>Unlike Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, and Yugoslavia, Austria would not have tried to defend itself independently if the cold war in Europe ever turned hot. In the event of a conflict, the army was set to symbolically “fire five shots at the border”, as former foreign minister and chancellor Leopold Figl put it. And then Austria would de facto rely on NATO’s interest in defending or liberating the country for the sake of its own security (though Vienna always overestimated its willingness to do so).
> “strategic schnorrers” (Austria, Ireland, and Malta).
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Etwas viel zum Lesen, aber sehr interessant. Enthält einiges an Hintergrundwissen, das gerade jetzt bei der ganzen NATO Diskussion relevant ist.
Zum Beispiel dieser Absatz:
>Unlike Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, and Yugoslavia, Austria would not have tried to defend itself independently if the cold war in Europe ever turned hot. In the event of a conflict, the army was set to symbolically “fire five shots at the border”, as former foreign minister and chancellor Leopold Figl put it. And then Austria would de facto rely on NATO’s interest in defending or liberating the country for the sake of its own security (though Vienna always overestimated its willingness to do so).
> “strategic schnorrers” (Austria, Ireland, and Malta).