EVOLUTION OF SOVIET MILITARY POLICY

Abstract

A discussion of Soviet military policy is presented with respect to the following: Shifts in military policy from Stalin to Khrushchev; the military policy approach of the Brezhnev-Kosygin regime; trends affecting the Soviet strategic posture; efforts to improve the 'reach' and mobility of Soviet conventional forces; the Vietnam situation and Soviet military policy; Soviet policy toward the Warsaw Pact; and political-military relations under the new regime.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0665449

Entities

People

  • Thomas W. Wolfe

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Aircrafts
  • Defense Systems
  • Geography
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • Military Applications
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • New York
  • Second World War
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • Vietnam War
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union