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Microform Collections in Stauffer Library

EUROPE AND NATO: SPECIAL STUDIES, 1970-1980

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Description

"The UPA [University Publications of America] Special Studies series offers federally commissioned, in-depth research on topics of the highest priority from leading public and private policy research facilities. The authors of these studies are associated with such institutions as the Army War College’s Strategic Studies Institute, the National Defense University, the Institute for Defense Analysis, the Army Command and General Staff College, the Naval War College, the Naval Postgraduate School, the Air Force Institute of Technology, the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, the RAND Corporation, the American Institutes for Research, and major international institutes at Harvard, Columbia, Stanford, Indiana, Georgetown, MIT, and Yale." -- from the LexisNexis UPA Special Studies overview of the collection

Included with the original 1970-1980 collection is a reel-by-reel index for the 11 reels. The collection is divided into the following geographic designations: NATO/Western Europe (Belgium, France, Federal Republic of Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, & the United Kingdom), Neutral/Nonaligned (Finland, Spain, Sweden, & Yugoslavia), and Warsaw Pact/Eastern Europe (Democratic Republic of Germany, Hungary, & Poland). A subject index provides an alphabetical listing of the major subjects covered in the collection by reel position and country designation. Some topics are: communism, decision-making, foreign policy, military doctrine, international relations, terrorism, and weapons systems.

Microform Location and Call Number   Stauffer Library Compact Shelving at "Microfilm UA No. 003"

Index/Guide Location and Call Number   Stauffer Library Reference & Stauffer Library Compact Shelving at UA646.3 .E97 1982t

Collection Status   Complete (11 of 11 reels, plus Guide)

Notes

  1. As of 2006, the collection consists of the original 1970-1980 documents, and five supplements up to the year 1997.
  2. Sample titles from the 2nd through to the 5th supplements, as well as ordering information about the entire collection (including ISBN's), can be found at the LexisNexis Special Studies Series website.
Last revised: 16 August 2006

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