Poland and the United States: achieving American national interests in Eastern Europe in the 1990s
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Authors
Haynes, Paul A.
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Poland
history
political development
military policy
United States policy
Naval education, United States
history
political development
military policy
United States policy
Naval education, United States
Advisors
Winterford, David
Date of Issue
1990-09
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Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
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The analysis in this thesis supports a recommendation to provide Poland $ 750 mi 11 ion a year in assistance for ten years. This program will allow the Polish government the time required to install a democratic system with a free-market economy. The assistance can be provided by either increasing foreign aid and private business incentives to invest in Poland, or by focusing the majority of the already authorized foreign aid for Eastern Europe into Poland, versus spreading it out over the entire region.
The suggested policy could achieve the following goals: one, reducing Soviet influence in Europe; two, encouraging a Polish government supportive of American foreign policy; three, preventing the growth of popular disenchantment over the immediate results of democratic reforms. Poland as a strong and stable nation will act as a basic on against any future Soviet attempt to regain control of Europe. A weak Poland could ultimately result in a general European conflict and American troops being recommitted to the continent.
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ix, 111 p.: ill., map
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.