Deterrence and the Revolution in Soviet Military Doctrine

Raymond L. Garthoff

doi:10.5771/9780815707233

Summary

Dramatic changes under way in the Soviet union and the world have significant implications for American security policy. Soviet expert Raymond L. Garthoff makes use of unique, newly available materialincluding a complete file of the confidential Soviet General Staff journalto illuminate the development of Soviet military thinking. In this groundbreaking study, Garthoff explains that the Soviets regard nuclear deterrence only as a necessary interim safeguard, not a solution to the quest for security. He examines the implications of the "remarkable recasting of the Soviet concept of security" for U.S. policy and global security.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2010
Copyright Year: 2010
ISBN-Print: 978-0-8157-3055-2
ISBN-Online: 978-0-8157-0723-3
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 209
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 5
1. Deterrence, American Style No access
2. Prevention of War, Soviet Style No access
3. Reciprocal Misperceptions about Deterrence No access
1. Ideological and Historical Foundations No access
2. Nuclear Deterrence No access
3. Military Policy, Doctrine, and Strategy No access
4. Deterrence and Soviet Strategic Planning No access
5. Mutual Deterrence No access
1. Changing Soviet Military Doctrine on Nuclear War No access
2. Military Programs No access
3. Theater Nuclear Forces No access
4. Strategic Nuclear Forces No access
5. No First Use of Nuclear Weapons No access
6. Political Action No access
1. Military Doctrine and the Prevention of War No access
2. Glasnost' and New Thinking No access
3. New Military Theorizing No access
4. Preventing Unpremeditated War No access
5. New Thinking on Disarmament No access
6. "Minimum Deterrence" and Beyond No access
1. Outbreak of a War No access
2. Waging a War No access
3. Controlling and Terminating a War No access
1. U. S.-Soviet Relations No access
2. The NATO and Warsaw Pact Alliances No access
3. U.S. Military Policy No access
4. Arms Control and Disarmament No access
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