Research Catalog

Title

The Soviet Union : security policies and constraints / edited by Jonathan Alford.

Publication

New York : Published for the International Institute for Strategic Studies by St. Martin's Press, 1985.

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Additional Authors

• Alford, Jonathan.
• International Institute for Strategic Studies.

Description

xii, 180 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Summary

"Under communism, the power of the state is still being bolstered and the state is swelling up. The people are not growing lean, but not fat either, due to exorbitant demands made by the military on the resources of the state. In part also the rigidity of, and lack of incentives provided by centralized economic planning are stultifying growth and tending to impose quite painful choices on the Soviet leadership at a time when that leadership seems weak and uncertain ..."--Introduction.

Series Statement

Adelphi library

Uniform Title

Adelphi library

Subject

• National security > Soviet Union
• Military policy
• Military policy > Decision making
• National security
• Militärpolitik
• Aufsatzsammlung
• Sicherheitspolitik
• Soviet Union > Military policy
• Soviet Union > Military policy > Decision making
• Soviet Union
• Sowjetunion

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographies and index.

Contents

Soviet perspectives on security -- Decision-making in Soviet weapon procurement -- Soviet economic crisis: prospects for the military and the consumer -- Soviet view of deterrence: a general survey -- Direction and pace of Soviet force projection capabilities -- Perspectives on Soviet intervention : Soviet use of surprise and deception.

ISBN

• 0312749015
• 9780312749019

LCCN

• 85002011
• ZBWT00017641

OCLC

• ocm11755995
• 11755995
• SCSB-619165

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library