Soviet Decisionmaking for National Security

ISBN-13: 9780367621384 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 330 str.

Jiri Valenta; William C. Potter

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Jiri Valenta and William C. Potter