Soviet Decisionmaking for National Security

1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-0-367-62134-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 334 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 644 g

Reihe: Routledge Library Editions: Cold War Security Studies

This book, first published in 1984, analyses the critically important Cold War issue of the Soviet national security decision-making process dealing with weapons acquisition, arms control and the application of military force. It conceptualises Soviet decision-making for national security from Stalinist antecedents to 1980s modes, and examines the problems of decision-making concerning weapons development, defence research and development and SALT negotiations. It also focuses on the decision-making processes which led to the use or threatened use of military force in Czechoslovakia (1968), the Middle East (1973) and Afghanistan (1979).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Valenta, Jiri

Potter, William C

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Besondere Kriege und Kampagnen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface William G. Hyland Introduction Jiri Valenta and William C. Potter Part 1. Conceptualising Soviet National Security Decision-Making 1. Modelling Soviet Defence Decision-Making Arthur J. Alexander 2. The Stalinist Legacy in Soviet National Security Decision-Making Vernon V. Aspaturian 3. The Politics of Defence in the Soviet Union: Brezhnev’s Era Dimitri K. Simes Part 2. The Military and Soviet National Security Decision-Making 4. The Historical Legacy in Soviet Weapons Development Jerry F. Hough 5. Defence R&D Policy-Making in the USSR Ellen Jones 6. The Soviet Military and SALT Raymond L. Garthoff Part 3. Soviet Foreign Policy Decision-Making 7. Soviet Decision-Making on Czechoslovakia, 1968 Jiri Valenta 8. Soviet Decision-Making in the Yom Kippur War, 1973 Galia Golan 9. Soviet Decision-Making on Afghanistan, 1979 Jiri Valenta 10. Risk Aversion in Soviet Decision-Making Dennis Ross Part 4. Summary and Outlook 11. Soviet National Security Decision-Making: What Do We Know and What Do We Understand? Stephen M. Meyer 12. The Study of Soviet Decision-Making for National Security: What Is To Be Done? William C. Potter

Über Autor(innen)

Jiri Valenta and William C. Potter