ROLE OF THE SOVIET MILITARY IN DECISION-MAKING AND SOVIET POLITICS,

Abstract

The paper takes a brief look at some aspects of the perennial question of the role of the mili tary in Soviet policy formulation, in light of various recent developments including publica tion of the Sokolovskii book Military Strategy and post-publication Soviet dialogue relative to Party-military relations. In discussing the role the Soviet military may play in the policy arena, it may be useful to distinguish among three main areas of levels at which military influence on Soviet policy comes into play, at lease poten tially. These are: (1) the area of state policy; (2) the area of strategy formulation; and (3) the area of internal politiauthor)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0410585

Entities

People

  • Thomas W. Wolfe

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Military Strategy

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

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