Military Objectives in Soviet Foreign Policy

Military Objectives in Soviet Foreign Policy
Author: Michael MccGwire
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Total Pages: 556
Release: 2010-12-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780815718482

This study concentrates on the military roots of Soviet policy. It concentrates on how planning for the contingency of a world war shapes and distorts Soviet policy while producing a military posture and structure of forces that appear to the West as being far in excess of any legitimate defense needs. The focus is on the military-technical aspects of doctrine, which is the responsibility of the military to implement. The study does not dwell on the decisions that the Soviet political leaders would face in the course of a war except to note how the hierarchy of objectives would influence those decisions.

Military Objectives in Soviet Foreign Policy

Military Objectives in Soviet Foreign Policy
Author: Michael MccGwire
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Total Pages: 530
Release: 1987
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780815755524

This study concentrates on the military roots of Soviet policy. It concentrates on how planning for the contingency of a world war shapes and distorts Soviet policy while producing a military posture and structure of forces that appear to the West as being far in excess of any legitimate defense needs. The focus is on the military-technical aspects of doctrine, which is the responsibility of the military to implement. The study does not dwell on the decisions that the Soviet political leaders would face in the course of a war except to note how the hierarchy of objectives would influence those decisions.

Soviet Foreign Policy in a Changing World

Soviet Foreign Policy in a Changing World
Author: Robbin F. Laird
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 978
Release: 2021-03-22
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3112418107

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The New Russian Foreign Policy

The New Russian Foreign Policy
Author: Michael Mandelbaum
Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations
Total Pages: 216
Release: 1998
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780876092132

This book surveys Russia's relations with the world since 1992 and assesses the future prospect for the foreign policy of Europe's largest country. Together these essays offer an authoritative summary and assessment of Russia's relations with its neighbors and with the rest of the world since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Soviet Power

Soviet Power
Author: Jonathan Steele
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 312
Release: 1984-10-24
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0671528130

From Simon & Schuster, Soviet Power is Jonathan Steele's exploration on the Kremlin's foreign policy from Brezhnev to Chernenko. This analysis points to a pattern of thwarted strategy and failed objectives, which has weakened the influence of the Soviet Union even while its military power has grown, but warns that the United States frequently misunderstands Soviet intentions and capabilities.

Soviet Foreign Policy Today

Soviet Foreign Policy Today
Author: Robert F. Miller
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2022-12-28
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1000805751

Soviet Foreign Policy Today (1991) is the culmination of almost 30 years of observations of Soviet foreign and domestic politics, written at the time of Gorbachev’s great changes. It locates the changes of Gorbachev in the context of the traditional goals and practices of Soviet foreign policy, and it does not shy away from presenting seemingly controversial interpretations of the USSR’s international politics.

Learning In U.s. And Soviet Foreign Policy

Learning In U.s. And Soviet Foreign Policy
Author: George Breslauer
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 743
Release: 2019-03-07
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0429722672

Are policymakers capable of learning about the complex international environment they must deal with when formulating foreign policy? Interest in the phenomenon of "learning" has been growing, driven in part by the advent of Gorbachev, and by prospects for ending the Cold War. In this book, leading scholars explore the theoretical and practical imp

Soviet Foreign Policy Towards East Germany

Soviet Foreign Policy Towards East Germany
Author: Achilleas Megas
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2015-07-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3319200011

This book examines Soviet Foreign Policy towards East Germany in the late 1980s. By focusing on the complex interaction between domestic political thought and developments in the international system, the author illustrates the hierarchical relationship between the GDR and the USSR and offers different perspectives for understanding Soviet foreign policy. The books demonstrates that shifts in Soviet policy towards the GDR stemmed, on the one hand, from the international level, in that Soviet security was legitimated by the existence of two full-fledged German states, and, on the other, may be best explained in terms of ideas and Gorbachev’s new political philosophy.​