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Political Science Russian & Former Soviet Union

Soviet Military Policy since World War II

by (author) William Lee & Richard F. Staar

Publisher
Hoover Institution Press
Initial publish date
Jun 1986
Category
Russian & Former Soviet Union
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780817983024
    Publish Date
    Jun 1986
    List Price
    $18.95

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This book explains that Moscow's weapons programs are best understood and anticipated "as an attempt to satisfy the requirements of [Soviet] doctrine and strategy," which are based on nuclear war--fighting and damage-limiting objectives and the quest for nuclear superiority over the West. Officially established USSR doctrine and strategy can be determined--have, in fact, remained remarkably stable for over a quarter-century--and "clearly state both the reasons for and the objectives of the Soviet military buildup." Kremlin decisionmakers have deliberately and systematically established their own strategic policies and objectives, which are decidedly not mere mirror images of American ones, and they follow them assiduously. Only thus can the unremitting Soviet military buildup (its nature and its objectives) be understood.

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