The Soviet Military and the Future

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Edited by Stephen J. Blank and Jacob W. Kipp

ISBN: 0-313-27506-8

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-27506-7

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328 pages

Greenwood Press

Publication: 11/30/1992

List Price: $107.95 (UK Sterling Price: £59.95)

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Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: Contributions in Military Studies

Series Number: 130

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Some of these germs deserve to be studied at length.
—Library Journal

Description: What are the key factors that will shape the post-Soviet military system? Leading experts assess the geostrategic context in which leaders must operate, the nature of future war, foundations of military power, dilemmas confronting a multinational military force, problems in managing a nuclear arsenal, civil-military relations, economic priorities and problems, and ethnic questions. This current evaluation of how war and the Soviet Union are being transformed is an invaluable study for students and experts in military studies, political science, and the social sciences generally. In this collection of important perspectives, Soviet military elites and influential civilian policymakers discussed what previous and present developments will require in the future. This collaborative effort examines what Moscow sees as important requirements. The study analyzes Soviet forecasting methodologies, naval developments, views about theater warfare in Europe, developments in C3I, the role of space, the Soviet military economy, mobilization regimes, Soviet views on American military thought, perspectives on the initial period of warfare and changes in operational arts. Chapter endnotes and reference lists point to major sources of Soviet scholarship.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Military Reform and the Struggle to Redefine Security in the Post-Soviet Union
Quo Vadis? The Changing Faces of Soviet/Russian Forces
The New "Aero-Space War" in Soviet Military Thought
The Soviet War-Economy and the Conversion of the Arms Industry
The Soviet General Staff Looks at "Desert Storm": Through the Prism of Contemporary Politics
U.S. Army-Soviet Views of Future War
New Approaches to Analyzing Soviet Naval Developments
Carriers and Reasonable Sufficiency: The Soviet Debate
Escalation Control and Limited War in Soviet Strategy
New Issues of Soviet National Security: Emerging Transnational Security Threats and Future of Soviet Defense Forces
The Ethnic Question and Soviet Military Reform

LC Card Number: 92-14617

LCC Class: UA770

Dewey Class: 355


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