TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sapir,Jacques
AU  - Macey,David
TI  - The Soviet military system
SN  - 0745606717
AV  - UA 770 S241s 1991
U1  - 355.02/13/0947 
PY  - 1991///
CY  - Cambridge, UK
PB  - Polity Press
KW  - Militarism
KW  - Soviet Union
KW  - Militarismo
KW  - Unión Soviética
KW  - Defensas
KW  - Defenses
KW  - Military policy
KW  - Política militar
N1  - Translation of: Le système militaire soviétique; Includes bibliographical references (p. [312]-339) and index; Foreword Introduction Part I: The Military Balance 1. The Delicate Alchemy of the Military Balance 2. Comparing Like with Unlike? 3. The Quality of Soviet Equipment Part II: The Threat 4. Imaginary Threats and the Reality of the Threat 5. Where does the Threat Lie and What Form does it Take? Part III: Technological Myths and Illusions 6. Soviet Nuclear Superiority: A Modern Myth 7. Space: Myth and Reality 8. The Technology Gap: An Intellectual Alibi? Part IV: The Soviet Military System: Beyond the Myth 9. The Origins of the Soviet Military System 10. Army and Society 11. The Soviet Scientific-Military-Industrial System Conclusion Bibliography Tables
N2  - A critical analysis of the Soviet military system which traces the evolution of Soviet military doctrine up to the presidency of Gorbachev and aims to show that military glasnost is a logical development. The book also examines East-West relations and policy in the area of nuclear arms
ER  -