Professional Affiliation

Associate Professor, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, Seattle

Wilson Center Project

Marshal Grechko and the Warsaw Pact

Project Summary

Examines the Warsaw Pact security system developed during the tenure of Marshal Andrei Grechko, the Commander-in-Chief of the Warsaw Pact from 1960 to 1967 and then Soviet Minster of Defense, 1967-1976. Argues that Grechko deceived the West and much of the East about the actual missions and policies of the Warsaw pact.