Research Catalog

Title

Risk and uncertainty in Soviet deliberations about war / Benjamin S. Lambeth.

Author

Lambeth, Benjamin S.

Publication

Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corp., 1981.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Rand Corporation.
• United States. Air Force

Description

ix, 28 p.; 28 cm.

Summary

Surveys the elements of risk, uncertainty, and unpredictability that might moderate Soviet behavior and undermine the confidence with which Soviet decisionmakers would consider entering into a major military engagement with the United States. Although the report does not question the substantial threat implications of Soviet force improvements that have been under way in recent years, it does describe certain realities of Soviet style and leadership concern about possible Soviet military inadequacies that make the more ominous features of Soviet doctrine and force development appear somewhat less alarming. The analysis is based on a combination of evidence suggested by past Soviet crisis behavior, information offered in Soviet literature concerning troop management and training, and inferences from known or suspected Soviet political practices, organizational characteristics, and operational concerns.

Subject

• Soviet Union > Defenses
• Soviet Union > Military policy

Note

• "A Project AIR FORCE report prepared for the United States Air Force."
• "R-2687-AF."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

0833003542

LCCN

^^^81015330^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library