¿Estuvo el mundo al borde del apocalipsis en 1983?una reinterpretación de Able Archer 83
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Universidad Pablo de Olavide
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ISSN: 1134-2277, 2255-5838
Argitalpen urtea: 2023
Zenbakia: 131
Orrialdeak: 299-326
Mota: Artikulua
Beste argitalpen batzuk: Ayer
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One of the most unusual episodes of the Cold War took place in November 1983, coinciding with NATO’s command post exercise Able Archer 83. There is a broad consensus that Moscow miscalculated these exercises aimed at testing NATO’s nuclear release procedures as a cover for a surprise attack. Consequently, the USSR prepared to con-duct a first strike. By using available sources, this article aims to recreate the events and the prevailing interpretation to expose inconsistencies and to propose an alternative explanation: Moscow knew about the exercise and the military response was not motivated by a «war scare» but by a show of force
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