The Nuclear Predicament: Explorations in Soviet Ideology

ISBN-13: 9780367543273 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 134 str.

Stephen Shenfield

Opis

Ideological debate is one component of the intellectual background to Soviet policy-making. Originally published in 1987, this paper explores how Soviet writers wrestle with the challenge to their ideology that is posed by the threat of nuclear war.

Spis treści

Acknowledgments.  1. Introduction  2. The Consequences of Nuclear War  3. The Communist Goal Under Threat  4. Peace and the Correlation of Forces  5. The Orthodoxy in Crisis  6. The Value of Peace  7. Capitalism and Militarism  8. Interdependence and Global Problems  9. Whither the Correlation of Forces?  10. Assessment of Political Weights  11. Connections with Policy  12. Implications for the West.  Notes.  List of the Most Important Soviet Works.  Glossary of the Most Important Soviet Authors.